The busiest bank holiday weekend of the year spells chaos. Outside Leeds, two people are cut from the wreckage of a high speed crash. A burning campervan poses danger to road users near Sheffield.
Patrollers Alex and Steve are called to an emergency when a horsebox catches fire, risking an emergency shutdown of the entire M1.
Following the teams battling to keep the M1 moving from the control room and out on the road. There's a red alert near Leeds and an attempted suicide to manage.
Patrollers are forced to shut an entire section of the M1 after a car and truck collide.
The return of the documentary following emergency patrol teams, beginning as the North East Control Team deal with a serious accident on the M18 near Doncaster.
The highest motorway in the UK and some of the worst winter weather imaginable mean a long and difficult night for the motorway patrollers.
In the north-east near Leeds, patrollers Helen and David are racing to a nightmare breakdown in the middle of an unlit section of the M1 when it's smashed into at high speed by another vehicle.
Just outside Manchester, patrollers Victoria and Darren fight their way through heavy traffic to reach a high-speed crash on the M62. It's a pile up with 15 people involved.
During rush hour northwest of England, patrollers Steven and Sue hit traffic jams near Warrington and discover a three-car RTC with one driver injured and trapped in her car.
Patrollers Chris and Woody work 12 of the busiest motorways in Britain including the M6. They race to the rescue of a young woman who swerved to avoid a tyre but crashed.
In the northeast near Leeds, patrollers Helen and David are racing to a nightmare breakdown. Meanwhile, outside Manchester, an elderly couple are stranded in the dark when their car suddenly stops in a live lane.
On the night shift in the control room near Leeds, motorway dispatcher Stuart spots a car crash on the busy M62, on CCTV. A pick-up truck towing a trailer spins out of control, flips over sideways and hits the crash barrier.
Motorway patrollers Gavin and Ryan race to a serious car fire on the M60, fearing that someone may be trapped inside, a breakdown in the middle of the night in an unlit section of motorway puts lives in danger, and a serious accident is narrowly averted when an HGV runs over a rogue wheelbarrow on the M60.
A head-on collision at rush hour brings the M66 to a standstill, and patrollers Martin and Gavin have to get the thousands of people stuck in the queue off the motorway. When a swan goes walkabout on the central reservation, patrollers Victoria and Darren are urgently sent to prevent the bird from causing a serious accident - but the swan isn't keen to move on.
The motorway patrollers face off with a pack of escaped sheep and are forced to shut down the entire M6 as a desperate ewe makes a break for freedom right into six lanes of high-speed traffic.
Patrollers Gavin and Ryan deal with a Tesla that's been smashed into the central reservation of the M62 and discover the entire crash was caught on dashcam.
On the M5 near Birmingham, Patrollers Dave and Martyn must shut down the motorway when a car on fire gets dangerously out of control and is discovered to be packed with explosive contents.
When a crash happens right in front of a police car with dash cam evidence of who's at fault it's going to be a clear cut insurance case… unless the driver is un-insured. Patrollers Sharon and Tony pick up the pieces when a young man runs into some expensive trouble on the M60.
Patrollers Sharon and Victoria come to the rescue of a terrified family who have broken down in the middle of the M60 with a baby on board. Mickey and Lee race to a three-car collision on the M6 with the help of a blue-light police escort, but find the driver of one of the crashed vehicles has locked the doors and left with the keys.
Manchester is gridlocked for over an hour when a multiple car pile-up blocks the M60 and patrollers Sharon and Tony are left to clean up the mess, but are surprised when one of those involved tells them he's just seen another crash. A monster pothole forces the team to temporarily shut down half of the M60 before someone is seriously injured, while eight miles of the M6 are brought to a standstill when they a flood of calls report a dog running up the middle of eight lanes of high-speed traffic.
A broken-down vehicle on a high-speed slip road is not what it seems, there's a four-car collision on Britain's highest motorway, and a driver is stunned when a wheel falls off her car.
Extreme snow and wind hits the West Midlands and causes chaos on the M6 for motorway patrollers on the night shift. A pick-up truck flips upside down in the snow.
The patrollers deal with a freak accident and a family in shock when a lorry's wheel comes off and destroys their car. Heavy rain sees floods, blocked drains and a high-speed aquaplaning disaster on the M42.
A patroller is attacked by a driver he's gone to help after a crash, and another driver's luggage flies off the car's roof rack leaving their clothes strewn across the carriageway.
Bad British weather makes for a bad day on the motorway as a freak hailstorm causes chaos for the patrollers as three cars crash off the motorway at high speed.
The bank holiday brings mayhem when motorway patrollers discover a car on the M60 leaking fuel and on fire…
A four-car crash in Manchester's rush hour puts patrollers under pressure, and a family - including mum, grandma, two babies and a dog, are stranded at the side of the motorway.
The bank holiday brings mayhem when patrollers discover a car on the M60 that is leaking fuel and is on fire. A broken-down van blocks a slip road and lives are put in danger by reckless drivers determined to use the closed exit. Plus, a four-vehicle pile-up causes chaos on the Spaghetti Junction.
The entire motorway must be shut down after a high-speed motorbike crash on the Spaghetti Junction, just outside Birmingham. The patrollers worst fears are confirmed when they discover an injured man lying in the carriageway. Officers Mickey and Lee discover an abandoned caravan parked on the hard shoulder.
A 44-tonne freight lorry crashes and capsizes in the middle of the M6.
A wheel ripped from a car in a high speed crash bounces across the carriageway and causes three more accidents. And a car out of fuel causes chaos in the Birmingham rush hour.
A woman attempts to wave down traffic on the M6, a young driver gets trapped in his car after crashing into the central reservation, and a lorry cab threatens to catch fire on the M5.
