Gritting and winter updates

View our winter car care tips for drivers. 

Halfords offers a free 5-point safety check for your car. You can upgrade to a 10-point safety check for extra reassurance.

The RAC has tips on driving safely and keeping your car moving in the winter.

View the essential items for your winter breakdown kit.

The Met Office has useful advice on travelling during the winter, including dealing with bad weather (storms, snow, strong winds, fog), cycling, and using public transport.

You can let us know if a salt bin near you has been stolen or damaged, or is empty.

You can use Report It to report a problem with, or request additional supplies for, a salt bin located near you.

Please note, Report It should only be used for requests relating to salt bins, not for requests to have a particular road added to a gritting route.

Middlesbrough has five priority gritting routes totalling 180 miles.

Priority 1 and Priority 2 gritting routes are set out in our annual winter maintenance plan. Roads not included on one of those routes will only be gritted 'in the most exceptional circumstances', which will generally be 'in the aftermath of heavy, prolonged snow', and only when Priority 1 and 2 routes are clear.

• First grit this season - 1 November 2022
• Distance covered per gritting run (five routes) - 180 miles
• Total time to grit all routes - 2 hours
• Number of gritters - 7
• Amount of grit available in 2022-2023 - 4,000 tonnes
• Amount of grit used in 2021-2022 - 4,500 tonnes