Reporting a road spillage :Cross Stitch – Home and community

Spillages on roads can cause serious accidents for all highway users. Find out who is responsible for clearing up a road spillage and how to report a road spillage offender.

Your local council is responsible for clearing up road spillages. If an incident happens outside of usual office hours, your council’s highways department may run an out-of-hours service to provide emergency cover. For further information, contact your local council.

Oil and diesel spillages may be potentially hazardous. For these and other substances of a hazardous nature, the local police and fire service may also be involved in the incident and road closures may be required.

Road spillages on motorways are very hazardous and should be reported to the Highways Agency.