M55 crash leading to 60-minute delays at Broughton junction

The crash is also causing issues from the M6 onto the M55 Pic: Traffic England

There’s hour-long delays on the M55 due to a crash at the Broughton interchange.

Emergency services are on the scene at Junction 1 of the motorway where it meets the M6.

Preston Police is warning drivers of long delays on the eastbound carriageway as a result of the crash.

National Highways North West is warning there are delays expected until around 9pm on Friday (1 November).

The crash took place around 4.25pm on the Friday.

A police spokesperson told Blog Preston: “A car and a motorbike were involved in a collision.

“The motorbiker has suffered injuries but they are not thought to be serious.”

Delays are back to Junction 3 at Kirkham.

The M55 was fully re-opened at 6.42pm on Friday.

There’s also been reports of a crash at Junction 2 within the Edith Rigby Way roundabout – although police said there were no details showing of a crash and they understood it was congestion due to drivers trying to leave the M55 before reaching Junction 1.

Separately there’s delays on the M6 northbound from Junction 32 at Broughton back to Junction 29 (Bamber Bridge) and also the junction where the M61 joins the M6.

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