Drivers on the M4 in Bristol have been stuck in queues of up to an hour and 20 minutes long following a multi-vehicle collision this morning. The crash happened at just before 11am this morning, Easter Monday, April 10.
The collision occurred on the eastbound side of the M4 in Bradley Stoke, about halfway between junction 20 for the M5 Almondsbury interchange and junction 19 for the M32 interchange. Police and ambulance crews raced to the scene and Highways England officers closed down all three lanes of the motorway, but allowed motorists to use the hard-shoulder to get past the scene.
There is no word yet on casualties, but Highways England later announced they were beginning to clear the carriageway, which indicates that the injuries were not fatal or serious enough to necessitate a full closure of the motorway to allow collision investigators to begin a forensic examination of the scene.
