A Slough man has been arrested and released under investigation after a car was reported to be travelling in the wrong direction on the M4 this week.

Police were initially called out to a damage only, “fail-to-stop” crash on the busy motorway at the junction 11 roundabout in Reading, involving a blue Vauxhall Vivaro driving in the wrong direction.

Shortly afterwards, a number of reports were made to police about the same vehicle being driven “erratically” on the M4 towards London.

The vehicle exited at junction 6 and re-joined on the opposite carriageway, towards Reading.

The incident happened between 10pm and 11pm on Monday (April 22).

A vehicle was stopped by officers and a man, aged 27, from Slough, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident. He has been released under investigation.

Investigating officer PC Simon Pink, of the Roads Policing Unit based at Three Mile Cross, said: “I would firstly like to thank members of the public who called to report a dangerous driving incident to the police.

“We would like anyone with information about this incident to come forward, whether you witnessed it or have information which could help the investigation.

“In particular we would especially like to hear from anyone with dashcam footage in this area at that time. We would like to see these images as it could have captured the incidents of dangerous driving reported to us at this time.”

Anyone with information can call 101 quoting reference 43190120764, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.