Serious delays after four vehicle crash on M5
6 people have been taken to hospital.
Last updated 24th Feb 2022
There are severe delays on the M5 in Somerset following a crash.
It happened southbound between J21 (Weston-super-Mare) and J22 (Burnham-on-Sea).
Traffic monitoring service INRIX says there are also reports of a separate accident at J21.
The latest update from them says: "One lane closed and queueing traffic due to accident, four vehicles involved on M5 Southbound between J21 A370 (Weston-super-mare) and J22 (Burnham-on-sea). Travel time is around 30 minutes.
"Lane one (of three) remains closed. There is now a separate accident at J21."
The M5 northbound was released not long after 11.00am after the air ambulance left the scene.
South Western Ambulance Statement
“A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust said: “We were called at 10.16hrs to a road traffic incident on the M5 between junctions 21 and 22.
"We sent an air ambulance, two double-crewed land ambulances, two operations officers, and a hazardous area response team, and conveyed 6 patients to hospital by land ambulance.”
Avon and Somerset Police Statement
“Emergency services attended collisions on the M5 southbound between junctions 21 for Weston-super-Mare and 22 for Burnham-on-Sea.
“The first call came in to police just after 10.15am today, Thursday 24 February.
“Eight vehicles, including a coach, were involved in three collisions on the same section of road at that time.
“The fire and rescue service and air and land ambulances attended.
“Traffic on the northbound carriageway was stopped briefly to allow the air ambulance to land and lift.
“Lanes two and three were reopened by 11.45am.
“Lane one closure was handed to National Highways at about midday pending recovery of the vehicles.”