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Drivers have been warned that SOS phones are down on a section of smart motorway.

Drivers warned SOS phones down on section of smart motorway

Footage has been released to ITV News showing the moment a man frantically waves a carrier bag to alert drivers his vehicle has broken down on a smart motorway.

Man frantically waves carrier bag in smart motorway breakdown

Fourteen planned smart motorways are being scrapped.

New smart motorways banned over safety concerns

Undated handout photo issued by Smart Motorways Kill of Derek Jacobs who was killed on the M1 near Sheffield in 2019 after his van stopped on the inside lane. The crash which left two pensioners dead would not have happened if there had been a hard shoulder, a coroner has said during the inquest into his death at Chesterfield Coroners' Court. Issue date: Wednesday April 5, 2023.



Derek Jacobs died when his van was hit by a car after he had stopped in the live inside lane following a tyre blow-out.

Smart M-way crash that killed two ‘would not have happened with hard shoulder’

   Some of the country’s smart motorways have seen a dramatic increase in the number of drivers ignoring the red ‘x’ sign.

Inside the smart motorway control room as worrying data reveals red 'x' offences

An investigation by ITV News suggests some refuge areas on smart motorways may not be built to the designed safety standard.

Smart motorway refuge area safety fears following ITV News investigation

Work to convert the M27 in Hampshire into a smart motorway was completed in February.

Thousands of drivers caught speeding during smart motorway roadworks

National Highways said that the 15-mile stretch from junction 4 to junction 11 should have four lanes open by Friday 18 February.

Traffic barriers removed as final stages of M27 upgrade begins

Meera Naran from Leicester lost her eight-year-old son Dev in May 2018 when he was killed on a section of the M6. 

Mother whose son died in M6 crash welcomes pause in smart motorway rollout 

Ben French, 28, says smart motorways are "killing people" and has urged the government to scrap them.

Father-of-one 'can't sleep at night' after smart motorway crash

A report by the Commons' Transport Select Committee said there is not enough safety and economic data to justify continuing with the rollout of smart motorways.

Biker seriously injured on M6 joins smart motorways protest 

Concerns have been raised following fatal incidents involving broken-down vehicles being hit from behind.

Smart motorway rollout should be paused over safety concerns, MPs say

The widow of a man who died when his van was hit by a lorry on a smart motorway has led a convoy of coffins on a protest march calling for them to be scrapped.

Coffin protest takes place in London after smart motorway deaths 

Protesters have carried coffins across London’s Westminster Bridge to represent deaths on smart motorways since they were introduced.

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Drivers warned SOS phones down on section of smart motorway

Man frantically waves carrier bag in smart motorway breakdown

New smart motorways banned over safety concerns

Smart M-way crash that killed two ‘would not have happened with hard shoulder’

Smart M-way crash that killed two ‘would not have happened with hard shoulder’

Inside the smart motorway control room as worrying data reveals red 'x' offences

Smart motorway refuge area safety fears following ITV News investigation

Thousands of drivers caught speeding during smart motorway roadworks

Traffic barriers removed as final stages of M27 upgrade begins

Mother whose son died in M6 crash welcomes pause in smart motorway rollout

Father-of-one 'can't sleep at night' after smart motorway crash

Biker seriously injured on M6 joins smart motorways protest

Smart motorway rollout should be paused over safety concerns, MPs say

Coffin protest takes place in London after smart motorway deaths

Coffins taken across Westminster Bridge in smart motorways protest