Overview
- A suspected medical episode on the M6 southbound between junctions 3 and 3a caused a five-vehicle collision, with an off-duty nurse helping a woman who was taken on blue lights to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire in a serious condition; all lanes reopened around 12:30pm with residual delays.
- Nottinghamshire Police arrested a 34-year-old man on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after an eight-vehicle crash on Nuthall Road, where a man and a woman were hospitalised with injuries believed to be life-threatening or life-altering.
- Staffordshire Police are searching for the driver of a grey BMW who fled on foot after a three-vehicle collision on the M6 southbound at junction 12 near Cannock; officers appealed for dashcam footage, with only minor injuries reported.
- A multi-vehicle collision on the M1 northbound between junctions 28 and 29 closed lanes 3 and 4, creating queues reported up to several miles as Derbyshire Fire and Rescue attended and National Highways advised drivers to avoid the area.
- Warwickshire Police confirmed a lorry driver died in the Dec 8 M6 northbound crash between junctions 1 and 2, with West Midlands Ambulance Service saying an ambulance transporting a patient was among the vehicles involved as the fatal collision remains under investigation.