Live as A1 closed after multi-vehicle crash as traffic builds back to Wakefield causing delays of over an hour

A crash on the A1 southbound near Doncaster is causing major delays.

National Highways has said that there are currently delays of over an hour for those stuck on the A1 southbound as a result of the earlier collision:

Drivers are now being warned that there are delays on the A1 southbound of an hour and a half.

Traffic has been stood still on the southbound carriageway, as demonstrated in the below photograph taken above the A1.

National Highways states that it believes delays are expected into this afternoon

National Highways announced earlier that the vehicles involved in the earlier collision have now been recovered from the scene.

All lanes have been reopened with residual delays of up to two hours on the approach.

South Yorkshire Police have provided some further details, with a spokesperson saying that the multi-vehicle collision was reported at 8.39am and that no injuries have been reported.

A crash on the A162 linking the A1 and M62 has closed the southbound carriageway. The crash has happened just north of the earlier collision.

The A162 remains closed southbound between the M62 J33 and the A1 J40 near Darrington following an earlier collision between 2 cars.

Recovery is in the final stages.