A417 traffic live: Lorry crash shuts busy Cotswolds road between Gloucester and Cirencester

A busy road in the Cotswolds has reopened following a lorry crash this afternoon. Traffic was moving slowly southbound on the A417 between Gloucester and Cirencester.

Gloucestershire Police are at the site of the crash and have closed the road southbound between the Elkstone turn off and Dowers Lane. National Highways South West has said the collision involves a lorry which has come off the carriageway.

Traffic monitoring system Inrix reports: “A417 Southbound closed, slow traffic due to accident from Elkstone turn off (Elkstone) to Dowers Lane (Daglingworth turn off, Daglingworth).”

The A417 reopened fully by 7pm.

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