National Highways figures show 872 incidents involving 'oncoming vehicles' were reported on England's motorways in the year to 19 June.
A VW Golf involved in a head-on crash with a van was believed to have been"deliberately driven in the wrong direction at speed" on the M5 in WorcestershireAn elderly motorist drove the wrong way down an exit slip road on the M40 at Handy Cross, Buckinghamshire.
Sheena Hague, National Highways director of road safety, said:"Safety is our top priority and our traffic officers are called out to hundreds of thousands of incidents each year, including collisions, breakdowns and debris. "Thankfully the number of reports of oncoming vehicles is low, however we treat them seriously by setting signals to warn and inform drivers for every report of a vehicle driving the wrong way on our motorways."We design our motorways to be as intuitive as possible to reduce the likelihood of anyone driving the wrong way."
Drivers who see a vehicle travelling in the wrong direction are urged to contact 999 if it is safe to do so or use a motorway SOS phone to alert the authorities. Speed limits are usually cut to 20mph on motorway stretches where a vehicle being driven towards other traffic is reported.
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