Commuter nightmare as crash shuts most of M1 into Leeds

COMMUTERS faced another nightmare journey into Leeds this morning after a crash reduced the M1 to just a single lane of traffic in each direction.
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An car which hit the central reservation and overturned has closed two lanes southbound, causing queuing traffic for seven miles and long delays between J45, the A63 (Leeds Cross Green) and J44, the A639 (Leeds South).

Journeys were taking as long as 70 minutes just on that short stretch, with congestion to back to J47, the A642 at Garforth.

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On the M1 northbound, two lanes are closed, causing queuing traffic for four miles and delays between J44, the A639 (Leeds South) and J45, the A63 (Leeds Cross Green). Travel time is 30 minutes, with congestion back to the M62 at Lofthouse.

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