Heavy traffic along A228 Snodland Bypass after M20 crash involving lorry and a car

There is heavy congestion along a busy bypass and a through a town this evening following a nearby motorway crash. Traffic is building along the A228 Snodland Bypass with long queues snaking back towards the Shell garage at Leybourne Lakes.

There are long queues on the Snodland Bypass

One motorist told KentOnline: "It's never like this, the bypass is filled with cars that are stationary and everyone trying to avoid the bypass has clogged up Malling Road throughout Snodland." It follows an earlier collision reported just before 5pm involving a lorry and a car on the eastbound carriageway of the M20 between junctions 3 and 4 for Leybourne/Snodland.

Cars are trying to avoid the traffic by heading through Malling Road where there are also now queues

Highways officers are dealing with the incident which saw all traffic temporarily held to move the vehicles and reopen all lanes.

It's understood police were not required to attend.

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