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Ministers were urged to ‘get a grip’ on smart motorways last night after a second crash in three months where life-saving technology apparently failed to work.
Investigators believe the Stopped Vehicle Detection (SVD) equipment did not spot a lorry broken down on a stretch of the M3 with its hard shoulder removed, the Daily Mail can reveal.
A van smashed into the rear of the lorry five minutes after it became marooned on the inside lane. The driver was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
Witnesses said he was lucky to be alive. Several other cars also crashed in the accident near Lightwater in Surrey last week.
Investigators are checking if radar signals supposed to detect marooned vehicles were blocked by a nearby obstacle such as a
