M1 Wakefield crash: Car driving the wrong way down the motorway crashes into oncoming traffic

By Abbey Maclure

Published 19th Apr 2022, 09:34 BST

Updated 19th Apr 2022, 09:36 BST

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Four people are seriously injured after a car joined the M1 in the wrong direction and crashed into oncoming traffic.

It happened between junctions 39 and 40, near Wakefield, at around 9.10pm on Monday.

A black Skoda Fabia was driving the wrong way on the northbound carriageway, before crashing with a blue BMW 320 which was driving north.

The Skoda had earlier failed to stop for police and went on to enter the northbound M1 in the opposite direction at Junction 40.#