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Motorway recovery guides
Useful advice about safe motorway breakdowns, vehicle recovery costs and the roads you travel. Read the official-source guidance, then request a personal quote from a safe location.
Practical recovery advice
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Motorway recovery prices: what affects your towing quote?
Understand indicative motorway recovery prices from £120 to £550, what changes a towing quote, and how cars, vans, distance and loading affect the cost.
Read the guide ↗Motorway recovery guideIs it legal to repair a car on the motorway hard shoulder?
Understand the Highway Code advice on hard-shoulder car repairs, the legal stopping rules, and when to contact police, the road operator or recovery.
Read the guide ↗Motorway recovery guideFlat tyre on a motorway: what to do and how to get help
Flat tyre or blowout on a motorway? Read safe stopping advice, when to call 999, why to avoid a DIY wheel change and what to tell a recovery company.
Read the guide ↗Road facts & trafficHow busy are UK motorways? Understanding daily traffic and road lengths
Understand UK motorway daily traffic figures, cars and taxis, count locations and mapped road lengths. Read official-data notes before planning a recovery.
Read the guide ↗Start with the safety checklist
A puncture, warning light or non-running vehicle is not a reason to put yourself beside motorway traffic. Use the motorway breakdown safety guide for the immediate safety steps, and find your road for route-specific information.
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