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The M40 motorway links London, Oxford and Birmingham in England, a distance of approximately 89 miles (143 km).
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- ↑ Aitchison, Neil (8 April 1999). "Victim's father still angry as M42 crash driver is jailed". The Birmingham Post. Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ Chaytor, Rod; Miller, Ian (11 March 1997). "Carnage In The Fog: Three die and 62 hurt in inferno as 100 vehicles crash in tragic rush hour madness". The Mirror. Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ "M42 death crash driver wins back his licence". Archive.worcesternews.co.uk. 10 November 2001. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2016.