Recap: M5 cleared after multi-vehicle crash near Gloucestershire

Severe delays on motorway

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND

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 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.

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - SOUTHBOUND

Queueing traffic for three miles due to an accident on the other side on M5 Southbound between J6 A4538 Pershore Lane (Worcester) and J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham). All lanes have been re-opened. Travel time is 25 minutes.Held for ten minutes at 11:50 to allow an air ambulance to attend to the accident on the other side. Northbound has been closed since 10:50.