Overview

• Two serious collisions occurred late Thursday into early Friday on the M5 between junctions 27 and 28, with secondary crashes in queuing traffic and an air ambulance attending.
• Devon and Cornwall Police said a man in his 30s from Plymouth died and a man in his 40s from the Cullompton area was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, with multiple people seriously injured.
• Traffic held for hours was released by turning vehicles through a cut in the central reservation, and the M5 fully reopened by midday Friday, with the northbound carriageway around 11am and the southbound about 1pm.
• On the M11 near Cambridge, a four‑vehicle collision closed the southbound side during rush hour; firefighters freed one casualty and a woman was taken to Addenbrooke’s Hospital before the road reopened.
• Additional incidents included a car fire that halted traffic on the M25 in Surrey, a serious A12 closure near Chelmsford, an A1(M) crash near Wetherby sending two to hospital including one airlifted, and a two‑car M56 collision on Saturday that cleared after lanes reopened.