Summary

Crash and fire on M1 between Watford and St Albans

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  • The M1 has been brought to a standstill for the second day running.
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  • The emergency services are at the scene of what appears to be a crash involving two vehicles.
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  • Fortunately, police say no one has been injured, but one car is completely on its roof in an embankment, while a white van has crashed too.
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  • It has happened on the northbound carriageway between junction 6A for the M25 and j7 for the A414 near St Albans.
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  • Traffic is running past the scene at the moment but there are delays.
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  • Police tweeted about the crash just minutes after a vehicle fire cleared.
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  • Fire crews have just been at the scene of a fire which happened near Bricket Wood.
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  • All northbound traffic was held for a period of time approaching the incident at junction 6.
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  • The northbound entry slip road at junction 5 for Watford was also temporarily closed, but at around 1.45pm the slip road reopened.
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  • Traffic is now slow northbound between junction 5 and junction 6, with severe queues from junction 6A.
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  • Yesterday, a serious collision near Hemel Hempstead and a crash near Bricket Wood caused severe traffic delays on the M1.
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  • See below for live updates.

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