A main road in Staffordshire has been closed in both directions after separate crashes on both sides involving lorries.
The collisions are affecting the A50 between the A522 at Uttoxeter and the A521 at Blythe Bridge Roundabout.
On the M6 in Cheshire, three lanes are closed southbound after a crash between junction 18 for Middlewich and junction 17 for Sandbach.
There is also no service on London Northwestern trains between Crewe and Stafford because of overhead line problems, affecting services via Stoke-on-Trent.
A number of roads in Staffordshire and Cheshire are said to be impassable or just passable due to snow. They include:
Staffordshire:
A51 London Road northbound impassable between New Road (Hixon) to A518 Stafford Road (Weston).
A518 Weston Road in both directions impassable due to snow from Boat Lane (Weston) to Blackheath Lane (Beaconside).
A34 in both directions just passable due to snow from A513 Beaconside (Marston Gate) to A51 (Aston Island, Stone).
A34 Congleton Road in both directions impassable due to snow from Talke Road (Talke Pits) to A5011 Linley Road (Talke Traffic Lights, Talke).
Cheshire:
A5020 University Way in both directions just passable due to snow from A532 Weston Road (Crewe Hall) to A534 (Crewe Green roundabout, Crewe Green).
A530 Middlewich Road in both directions just passable due to snow from Brynlow Drive (Middlewich) to Eardswick Lane (Bradfield Green).
Cheshire Police is advising drivers to only travel if necessary due to the snow and ice, adding that officers have been battling the conditions through the night.
In Nantwich, both of the town’s high schools, Brine Leas and Malbank, are closed.
