Deaths of two pensioners on M1 spurs calls for end to smart motorways

Crash that killed Derek Jacobs and Charles Scripps ‘would not have occurred’ if there had been hard shoulder, coroner finds

A crash on a smart motorway that killed two pensioners would not have happened if there had been a hard shoulder, a coroner has said.

The inquest finding led to renewed calls from campaigners for smart motorways to be halted and hard shoulders reintroduced.