Car Broken Down on a Motorway – What to Do

A motorway breakdown can be dangerous. Your immediate safety matters more than arranging vehicle recovery.

If you can reach a safer place

Where possible, move the vehicle away from live traffic to an appropriate stopping area. Follow current motorway signage and official safety instructions.

If you are in a live lane or immediate danger

Contact the emergency services. Do not put yourself at risk trying to inspect or repair the vehicle beside moving traffic.

Arranging onward recovery

Once it is safe to do so, Onagone's live breakdown form can use your shared location or a collection postcode and your destination to submit a recovery request.

Open the live breakdown request

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