More people driving the wrong way down motorways - and blaming their sat navs There has been a "deadly" rise in reports of people driving the wrong way down England's motorways in the last year, an investigation has found.
Earlier this year, two people were killed and four were seriously injured when a stolen van was driven the wrong way on the M25 in Hertfordshire in an attempt to evade the police.
Figures obtained by the PA news agency from National Highways show 988 incidents involving "oncoming vehicles" were reported on England's motorways in the year to November 17.
"The increase in the number of vehicles being driven in the wrong direction on motorways is frightening," said AA president Edmund King.
There has been a 15% increase in incidents - with some of them down to drivers "blindly" following their sat navs, according to the AA.
