Trucking Hell

A 44-tonne truck carrying food catches fire and the cargo keeps reigniting.

A trailer carrying gym weights rolls over a roundabout and needs heavy recovery vehicles.

A lorry breaks down on a busy section of the M25 with a major oil leak and a fire risk.

A stranded lorry must be removed from a busy street before rush hour begins.

A frozen food truck crashes into a ditch, but the driver and the keys are missing.

A vehicle stuck on the A10 means a recovery amidst busy and dangerous traffic.

A sinkhole traps a tanker; a car crashes into a ditch; a lorry breaks down.

A coach that has crashed into a hedgerow requires some creative thinking to get rescued.

A coach that has driven off the road into a hedgerow needs to be rescued before rush hour.

Two trucks need rescuing when one got stuck trying to pull out the other.

A slide bed loses two wheels and a lorry gets stuck in the mud.

A 44-tonne artic verges off a country lane and gets tuck in the mud.

A lorry rolls over on the edge of a roundabout and a truck with blown suspension.

A serious blaze leaves an eight-wheel sewage tanker stricken in a layby on the busy A1 motorway just north of Grantham in Lincolnshire.

Lantern recovery op Steve is on his way to a risky roadside rescue. A 38-tonne mail lorry has taken doorstep delivery to another level by crashing on a London street.

A frost in Warwickshire makes a country lane as slippery as an ice rink, causing a road sweeper to slide into a ditch. The weather also causes problems for recovery op Stephen.

An 18-wheel trailer carrying two modular buildings catches fire in the early morning, closing three lanes just before rush hour, and an 18-tonne lorry smashes into a tree.

Lantern recovery op Merrie faces a dangerous challenge when a 20-tonne drinks lorry gets grounded on a boggy verge, and then becomes entangled in the overhanging branches of a tree.

In Hertfordshire, Sean tries to shift a tractor unit and trailer fully laden with 27 tonnes of wood, after it left a busy section of road and toppled over into a muddy ditch.

An artic lorry stacked full of bed frames and mattresses has careered off a busy Lincolnshire A-road into a dry stone wall and is now lying in a ditch.