Traffic held on M1 after van and car crash
All traffic was held on the M1 in Leicestershire this morning due to a crash involving a car and a van. Drivers were stopped on the northbound side between Lutterworth and Leicester at around 9am.
Traffic[1] monitoring website, Inrix, reported queueing traffic on the M1 in the moments leading up to the traffic stop. The severity of the incident has not been confirmed.
Both vehicles involved in the crash were pushed onto the hard shoulder while traffic in all lanes was stopped. The lanes reopened shortly after, at around 9.30am. Residual delays of up to 45 minutes eventually cleared.
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