Smart motorway · Curdworth B76
Curdworth (North Warwickshire Borough Council): what to do about smart motorway
Under North Warwickshire Borough Council, Curdworth mixes trade counters with working units at the Kingsbury Road corridor. Smart motorway in the first is a parking and access problem; in the second it is a downtime problem. This page deals with both. Curdworth sits roughly 10 miles out from the city centre, so we rarely route through town to reach you. Either way you get a flat figure before the truck leaves. Postcode-level cover: B76, plus the ring of areas within a few miles. Gated yards at the Kingsbury Road corridor often have a height barrier; a gate code saves ten minutes.
- Curdworth industrial park
- M42 Junction 9
- B76 postcode area
We recover breakdowns from smart motorway sections around Birmingham, working alongside National Highways procedures to reach you safely, but the steps you take in the first few minutes matter for your own safety before we can get there.
Curdworth in practical terms
Curdworth sits under North Warwickshire Borough Council with B76 covering most of the built-up area. The nearest motorway access is M42 J9, and the arterial route through is A446. Practically, that means our driver reaches you without crossing the city centre.
Why it happens
Why calling 999 matters here
Smart motorways use cameras and technology to detect stopped vehicles and can close the lane electronically, but this relies on the incident being reported. Calling 999 as well as us means the lane can be closed and traffic managed while we arrange recovery, which is a genuinely important safety step in a live lane.
Once the lane is closed or you're in a refuge area
Once you're safely off the live carriageway or the lane's been closed, call us for recovery. We'll coordinate arrival with the situation on the ground, since access to smart motorway sections during an active incident is managed carefully for everyone's safety.
If you can't reach a refuge area
If you break down in a live lane and genuinely cannot move to a refuge area, keep your seatbelt on, put hazard lights on, and turn on your hazard warning lights and, if fitted, your fog lights to increase visibility, especially in poor weather or at night. If you can safely exit the vehicle and get behind a barrier, do so; if not, stay in the car with your seatbelt fastened and call 999 immediately.
- Reach an emergency refuge area (orange sign) if at all possible
- Use the ERA emergency phone to alert National Highways
- If stuck in a live lane, call 999 straight away
- Exit via the passenger side only if it's safe to do so
Getting a truck to you in Curdworth
Curdworth sits roughly 10 miles out from the city centre, so we rarely route through town to reach you. Loading on A446 needs a safe run-off; near M42 Junction 9 that usually means the side road. The truck that quotes is the truck that turns up. Common collection points: Curdworth industrial park, the parking by M42 Junction 9, and trade counters.
What we bring to a industrial area
- Driver calls ahead when they are close
- Delivery to your garage, home or storage anywhere across Warwickshire
- Regular work for garages and bodyshops in and around Curdworth
- Fleet and courier operators running out of the Kingsbury Road corridor
What Curdworth callers usually need next
Nine times out of ten the follow-on question is where the vehicle goes. In Curdworth that is either a garage in the B76 area, a home address on trade counters, or a unit at the Kingsbury Road corridor.
- Straight to a named garage in Curdworth or Coleshill
- Home, if the repair is being arranged separately
- Secure storage while an insurer decides
- Onward transport out of the Warwickshire area
Nearby areas we cover for this
Curdworth sits between Coleshill and Sutton Coldfield. These neighbouring areas are on the same rota, with distances measured from Curdworth.
Curdworth questions
What if I can't get out of my car safely in Curdworth?
Stay inside with your seatbelt fastened and hazards on, and call 999 — don't attempt to exit into live traffic if it isn't safe.
Should I call 999 or you first in Curdworth?
If you're stopped in a live lane on a smart motorway, call 999 immediately so the lane can be closed, then call us for recovery.
Do you charge extra for weekends in B76?
No weekend surcharge on the standard local rate. The price you are quoted for Curdworth on a Tuesday morning is the price on a Sunday night.
Can you recover me from an emergency refuge area in Curdworth?
Yes, once you're safely in a refuge area, call us and we'll coordinate our arrival with the situation on the ground.
Are you insured to move my vehicle across Warwickshire?
Yes. Goods-in-transit and recovery operator liability are in force for every movement, whether it is two streets in B76 or a longer run out of Warwickshire.
Can you recover from a multi-storey or underground car park in Curdworth?
Often, but height is the deciding factor. Tell us the level and the clearance on the way in. Where the deck is too low for a truck we use skates to bring the vehicle out to the entrance.
Curdworth and smart motorway — where that leaves you
If you take one thing from this page: name the street and the nearest landmark — M42 Junction 9 or the Kingsbury Road corridor — and smart motorway in Curdworth usually resolves in a single visit. Everything above applies whether you are near M42 Junction 9 or out towards Coleshill. Nothing about a B76 job is guesswork by the time we arrive. A spec-lift handles most of it; the tilt-and-slide comes out for lowered, damaged or non-rolling vehicles. Nearest larger centre is Coleshill; the yard is 15 miles the other way.
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Smart motorway in Curdworth, Warwickshire — no membership needed
Coming off M42 J9 we can normally be with you inside the time it takes to arrange anything else.