Overview

• South Wales Police closed the M4 westbound after 6am between J33 Cardiff West and J35 Bridgend, initially diverting all traffic at J33 before reducing the full closure to a partial closure after 9am.
• A van left the carriageway and came to rest in a field near J34–J35, and a man and a woman were taken to hospital with injuries not thought to be life‑threatening or life‑changing.
• The M61 is closed in both directions between J8 Chorley and J6 Horwich for a police‑led incident, with signed diversions in place and no reopening time provided.
• All lanes later reopened on the M6 northbound between J15 Stoke‑on‑Trent and J16 after a multi‑vehicle collision, with residual delays of about 45 minutes.
• On the M5, a car fire between J2 and J3 closed two southbound lanes with no injuries reported, while a separate multi‑vehicle crash northbound between J22 and J21 left only one lane open and caused delays of up to three hours and nine miles of congestion.