Ever since the release version of 1.5 came out, whenever i run anywhere near riverwood, the game freezes and, surprise surprise, error pops up and the game crashes.

Ive tried reinstalling the game, uninstalling and reinstalling mods, creating new ini files, and all to no avail. The game is unplayable at the moment. Cant even get past the start of the game...

Have you tried starting a brand new game with no mods running at all?

Are you using mods?