Smart motorway breakdown delays

VEHICLES broken down in live lanes on a 13-mile stretch of smart motorway caused more than 900 hours of delays over a period of two years and three months, figures show.

Some 2,227 incidents involving vehicles that failed to reach an emergency refuge area on part of the M3 in Surrey were recorded between August 1, 2017, and October 31 last year, according to AA analysis of Highways England data. This caused lane closures for 945 hours to protect vehicles stranded in live lanes.