Overview
- A1(M) northbound between J40 and J41 shut shortly after 12:30am on December 12 for a police‑led incident, with a woman found on the carriageway and taken to hospital with serious but not life‑threatening injuries.
- West Yorkshire Police said the A1(M) closure lasted nearly seven hours before reopening shortly after 7:30am, following on‑scene investigation work with ambulance crews.
- Separate M62 disruptions included a morning collision at J26 (Chain Bar) causing delays of about 45 minutes and a later multi‑vehicle crash westbound between J25 and J24 that stopped all traffic as emergency services attended.
- At 3:18am police stopped an HGV on the M62 near J25 linked to a high‑value theft in Cheshire, arresting two men aged 21 and 34 on suspicion of theft, drug possession and driving offences; both remain in custody.
- The network saw further strain with the M62 eastbound closed in the evening between J37 and J38 near Hull under a police‑managed diversion, alongside major delays from a separate M25 crash near Rickmansworth and an M56 vehicle fire.