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Incidents of vehicles being driven the wrong way on England’s motorways rose to almost 900 in the last 12 months, an increase of 13%, according to figures described as “frightening”. National Highways figures showed the reports of “oncoming vehicles” on its motorway network rose to 872 in the year to 19 June, up 102 on the previous year. Police in Gloucestershire released footage of a four-vehicle crash caused by a drunk woman driving the wrong way for more than two miles on the M5 near Tewkesbury last October. Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “The increase in the number of vehicles being driven in the wrong direction on motorways is frightening and can be fatal. Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said: “To most drivers it’s the stuff of nightmares to think that anyone could drive the wrong way down a motorway.