Live: M4 chaos after crash near Bristol closes lane

Traffic queues are lengthening

This image from Google Maps traffic function shows the queues on the motorways to the north of Bristol right now.

The eastbound queue starts just after the merging of the M4 and M48 from the two different Severn bridges, and is currently approaching four miles in length - it is taking drivers more than half an hour to get through that.

There are queues also beginning to back up onto the southbound M5, as drivers join the back of the M4 queue while still on the M5 exit slip.