Multi-vehicle crash on M40 near Warwick and Gaydon prompts call for witnesses

The motorway was closed southbound between J15 (Warwick) and J12 (Gaydon) following the crash, which happened on Tuesday November 4.

Warwickshire Police said emergency services were called at around 7.45pm to a report that the driver of a vehicle transporter had collided with the central reservation between J12 and J13.

Several other vehicles were also involved in the crash.

Four people were taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire but Warwickshire Police said their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Long road closures were in place while emergency services and road repair crews were at the scene.

The closure, which went on for more than 18 hours, caused traffic to build up in and around Warwick, Leamington and Gaydon.

One of the reasons the road closure was in place was so that work could be done to repair central reservation barriers and resurface the road, which National Highways said had been ‘significantly damaged’ from the incident.

Warwickshire Police said there were also several incidents of people calling 999 to ‘express their frustration’ at the aftermath of the crash and that their call centre staff were also being abused.

The stretch of the motorway was reopened at around 4pm on Wednesday November 5.

Warwickshire Police are now appealing for witnesses to the crash.

If anyone witnessed the collision or has any dashcam footage, they are asked call 101 quoting incident number 380 of November 4.

Information can also be reported by going to: https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/soh/seen-or-heard/