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The number of reports of vehicles being driven the wrong way on England’s motorways rose by 13% in a year, an investigation has found.
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/transport/wrong-way-driving-reports-on-motorways-up-13-in-a-year-including-fatal-m606-yorkshire-crash-4253767

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00:00 A new report has revealed that the number of motorists that have been found driving
00:04 the wrong way on the motorway has increased by 13% in the past year. This includes a tragic
00:12 crash which happened in Yorkshire on the M606. The incident left three men dead after a 15-year-old
00:20 drove a stolen van the wrong way down the M606 near Bradford in July 2022.
00:29 Police groups have already responded to the report by PA News Agency saying that the statistics
00:35 are frightening and that they hope that technological interventions will be introduced.

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