Six people, including three children, were taken to hospital following a series of accidents on the region’s roads.

The crashes came on the day of the first overnight closure of the M6, which caused long traffic queues.

A driver was airlifted to hospital after her car hit a tree stump near Stourbridge. The woman, in her 20s, suffered serious arm injuries , in Sugar Loaf Lane, Iverley, at 6pm yesterday.

A man was today recovering from serious head injuries in New Cross Hospital after his car crashed on the M54, near to junction 2 at Coven, at 1.20am today.

It came just hours after a woman was cut from her car, forcing police to close a stretch of the A449 Stafford Road at Four Ashes, following a crash at 2.20pm yesterday. She was taken to New Cross with back injuries.

Three boys aged three, five and seven were taken to hospital following a two-car crash in Walsall at 6.20pm yesterday. They had cuts and bruises after the smash in Alumwell Road, Pleck. Traffic was diverted when two cars collided in Silver End, Brettell Lane, at 5pm yesterday. Nobody was injured.

Meanwhile, drivers faced the first overnight closures on the M6 due to roadworks.