Seven miles of congestion after M6 crash between lorry and car
Traffic on the M6 is held up by up to an hour after a crash involving a lorry and a car.
Lanes were shut on the southbound carriageway between Junctions 15 for Stoke-on-Trent and 14 for Stafford after the crash, some time before 4pm.
National Highways advised that two of the lanes were shut initially, before traffic was halted completely while the vehicles were moved.
All lanes are now open and traffic has been released but congestion has stretched to seven miles.
National Highways West Midlands said: "We've moved the vehicles involved in the collision to a safe area and traffic has now been released on the M6 southbound in #taffordshire between J15 (Stoke-On-Trent) and J14 (Stafford).
"All lanes are open. There's an hour delay with seven miles of congestion in the area."
