A woman has been taken to hospital after being cut free from a crashed car on the A1 during rush hour.
A two-vehicle collision involving a car and a van occurred at around 8am on Thursday morning on the northbound carriageway of the A1(M) between Junction 63 at Chester-Le-Street and Junction 64 at Washington.
At one point, there was congestion tailing back for four miles as the carriageway was down to just one lane. However, at the time of writing, all lanes have been reopened.
