Live: Huge M5 traffic delays of more than an hour as crash sparks nine-mile queues

There are reports of huge traffic delays on the M5 this afternoon (June 14) following a crash. The incident has taken place in the Worcestershire area between J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham ) and J6 A4538 Pershore Lane (Worcester).

Roads traffic and monitoring service, Inrix, claims there is traffic queues stretching for nine miles on the northbound carriage and three miles on the southbound carriage. Travel time is more than one hour on the northbound carriage.

A car and a van are allegedly involved in the collision and two lanes are shut. The air ambulance is understood to have landed on the motorway.

Inrix reports: “Severe delays, queueing traffic for nine miles and two lanes closed due to accident, a car and a van involved on M5 Northbound between J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham) and J6 A4538 Pershore Lane (Worcester). Congestion to J8 (M50 Interchange). Travel time is 1 hour 15 minutes.

“Lanes one and two (of three) are closed. The motorway was closed since 10:50 to attend to the accident just after J7. The motorway partly reopened prior to 12:25 Southbound was held for ten minutes at 11:50 to allow an air ambulance to land.”

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