Police close both carriageways of the A127 at Eastwood, Essex, after an accident

Police closed both sides of the A127 dual carriageway at Eastwood, Essex, after an accident on 16 September 2026. Pictures taken between 12:40pm and 1:10pm show the carriageway empty of traffic, with a marked police car, its blue lights on, stopped across a junction beside a line of traffic cones. Police tape is strung between bollards and railings along the pavement, with an officer in a high-visibility jacket standing at the cordon and a group of officers gathered by police vehicles further along the road. The contributor says police and paramedics shut the road and used the tape to stop people walking past. The contributor also describes what is assumed to be a body lying under a white sheet.