‘Frightening’ rise in wrong-way motorway driving Reported incidents of wrong-way driving on England’s motorways have increased by 15% in the past year, an investigation has found.
National Highways figures obtained by the PA news agency show 988 incidents involving “oncoming vehicles” were reported on England’s motorways in the year to November 17.
The data, released in response to a Freedom of Information request, relates to unconfirmed reports of wrong-way driving made to National Highways’ operations centres by various sources such as the police, traffic officers and the public.
In another incident, two people were killed and four were seriously injured when a stolen van was driven the wrong way on the M25 in Hertfordshire on February 4 in an attempt to evade the police.
AA president Edmund King said: “The increase in the number of vehicles being driven in the wrong direction on motorways is frightening.
