Overview
- A man in his 70s died after his Mercedes collided with a heavy goods vehicle on the A69 near Blenkinsopp Castle, with a woman in her 70s from the car seriously injured as both carriageways later reopened on Saturday morning.
- The A69 closure between Greenhead and Haltwhistle lasted overnight due to a complex HGV recovery after the lorry left the carriageway, with cleanup completed under police direction.
- The M62 westbound between J22 and J21 was shut on Saturday following a single-vehicle crash that spilled significant fuel across all three lanes, prompting diversions and specialist cleanup.
- On the M25 between J25 and J24 on Saturday, a multi-vehicle collision halted traffic to allow an air ambulance to land, causing queues of up to four miles before most lanes reopened, with officials later saying injuries were less serious than first feared.
- The A1(M) southbound near Catterick closed for around 11 hours after a car–lorry crash that sent one patient to James Cook University Hospital, while further disruption included a four-vehicle M25 closure at J20 on Sunday night and Monday morning queues on the M6 southbound near J23–J22.