BlueLine Recovery
Recovery & roadside help · Yorkshire

Recovery for Hull, the A63 and the Humber Bridge

Nearly all traffic into Hull from the west arrives the same way: off the end of the M62 and along the A63, past Hessle and the Humber Bridge and into the city. That makes it the road most Hull breakdowns are on or near. BlueLine takes calls 24 hours a day from our base in Swansea and passes each job to the nearest available truck in our network of recovery operators. You get a price before anything is booked.

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Broken down in Hull?

Call 07944 820302 or send a WhatsApp. We'll confirm the price and dispatch the nearest available recovery truck.

How we can help in Hull

Breakdown & accident recoveryCars, vans, 4x4s, EVs and motorbikesJump startFlat battery, engine will not turn overBattery replacementTesting and a new battery fitted where you areFlat tyre & fuelPuncture, blowout or ran out of fuelVehicle transportAuction, dealer and garage moves
Breakdown & accident recovery

Vehicle recovery in Hull

The M62 finishes at Junction 38 near North Cave, and the A63 carries on for about 25 miles to Hull as its eastward continuation. It passes the Beacon services near Everthorpe and a grade-separated junction at North Ferriby before becoming Clive Sullivan Way, named after the rugby league player, from Hessle into the city. Through the centre it becomes Castle Street, which carried more than 55,000 vehicles a day before the Mytongate scheme lowered the road into an underpass. That opened to traffic in late March 2026. The A63 ends at a junction with the A1033 Hedon Road near the docks.

The Humber Bridge carries the A15 from Hessle to Barton-upon-Humber. It is run by the Humber Bridge Board, not by us or National Highways, and its own response team deals with incidents on the bridge around the clock, using impact protection vehicles to shield the scene. If you stop on the bridge, follow their instructions; they decide how a stranded vehicle is removed from the deck. Once the car is off the bridge, call us with where it has been left and we'll collect it from there.

In the city, Hull Royal Infirmary stands on Anlaby Road just outside the centre and has a multi-storey car park. Castle Hill Hospital is on the western side of Cottingham. The MKM Stadium, shared by Hull City and Hull FC, sits in West Park off Walton Street, and match days fill the roads around it. Paragon Interchange combines the railway station with a 38-stand bus station. On the northern edge, Kingswood's retail and leisure parks are reached over the Ennerdale Link bridges.

If you're catching the P&O ferry to Rotterdam and the car lets you down, tell us your sailing time when you call. A recovered vehicle can go to a garage in the city, back to your home or across the bridge into Lincolnshire.

Roads & areas we cover around Hull

M62 (Junction 38) and A63A63 Clive Sullivan Way and Castle StreetA15 Humber BridgeA1033 Hedon RoadA1079 to BeverleyHessleCottinghamAnlabyWillerbyKingswoodBeverleyNorth FerribyBarton-upon-Humber

Why Hull drivers choose BlueLine

✓We work with the Humber Bridge rules: bridge staff deal with the deck, and we collect from wherever the car is left
✓A63 breakdowns pinned down by landmark, from the Beacon services to Clive Sullivan Way and Castle Street
✓A fixed price before dispatch, and nothing to join
✓Recovery for cars, vans, 4x4s, EVs and motorbikes

Recovering something other than a car

Different vehicles need different trucks and different handling. These explain how each one is done.

After a collision →Vans & light commercial →4x4 & EV — flatbed →Motorbikes & scooters →
Mobile jump start · 24/7

Jump start in Hull

Hospital car parks at Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill, and the big open car parks at Kingswood, are where a lot of Hull drivers come back to a car that won't start. A click and a dim dashboard usually means a jump start will do it. Say which car park it's in, Kingswood or one of the hospitals, plus the make, model and whether it's a hybrid or runs stop-start. On a multi-storey deck, a jump start in the bay is usually the practical answer because a flatbed won't fit. If you've stopped beside the A63, wait behind the barrier while you call, not in the car.

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Mobile battery replacement · 24/7

Battery replacement in Hull

If your battery has gone flat more than once lately, it's probably time for a new one. We can arrange a mobile replacement fitted where the car is: on a drive in Cottingham or Hessle, a street off Anlaby Road, or a car park at Kingswood. Have the registration ready when you call; that's what tells the van which battery to load before it leaves. Stop-start cars need an AGM or EFB battery, and some models need registering to the car once it's in. The old battery goes with us. Vans are covered as well, including ones parked up at businesses around the docks; give us the company name and gate.

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Mobile tyre & fuel help · 24/7

Flat tyre & fuel in Hull

A flat on the A63 is safest dealt with off the main road. If you can, get off at the next junction or into a lay-by. If you can't, stop as far left as possible, get everyone out and behind the barrier, and call us. Where it's unsafe to work, the car goes on the truck and the tyre is sorted elsewhere. On side streets and in retail car parks a roadside change is normally fine; tell us about the spare and the locking wheel nut key. Run dry near the docks off Hedon Road? A quick top-up there is usually enough to reach the nearest forecourt under your own steam.

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Hull recovery & roadside FAQs

I've broken down on the Humber Bridge. Can you come and get me?

Not on the bridge deck itself. The bridge is run by the Humber Bridge Board, whose own response team attends breakdowns there and decides how a vehicle is moved off. Stay safe, follow their instructions, and once your car has been taken off the bridge, call or WhatsApp 07944 820302 with where it is. We'll collect it from there.

I've stopped on the A63 near North Ferriby. What do you need to know?

Which way you were heading, the last junction or landmark you passed, such as the Beacon services, and if you're on the main road, a slip road or a lay-by. Move clear onto the verge on the North Ferriby side and shelter behind the barrier if the road has one. If the car is sitting in a lane of the A63 and you can't safely leave it, 999 comes before us.

My car is in the multi-storey at Hull Royal Infirmary and won't start. Can you help?

Yes. Tell us the level and roughly where the car is. A flatbed usually can't get inside a multi-storey, so a jump start or a replacement battery fitted in the bay is normally the answer. If the car must be taken away, it may need moving to ground level first.

Can you take my car over the Humber Bridge to a garage in Lincolnshire?

Yes. Give us the garage's address when you call. The truck crosses the bridge like any other vehicle and the price you agree covers the whole journey.

What sets the price of a recovery in Hull?

The car's location, its type, whether it rolls and steers, and the destination. With those, we give you one figure before we send a truck. No membership needed.

Need help in Hull now?

Tell us where the vehicle is and what has happened. We'll agree the price before anyone sets off.

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