'Partially blocked' - Car and motorbike collide on East Sussex road; A27 reopens after separate incident

A collision involving a car and a motorbike has been reported in Portslade.

AA Traffic News reported the incident on Olive Road, on Friday afternoon (January 30).

A traffic notice read: “Partially blocked and queueing traffic due to crash, a car and a motorbike involved on Olive Road, southbound from A270 Old Shoreham Road to Portland Road.”

This comes after part of the A27 was briefly blocked, near Falmer, around 10am.

A collision involving a car and a motorbike has been reported in Portslade. Photo: Google Earthplaceholder image
A collision involving a car and a motorbike has been reported in Portslade. Photo: Google Earth

Slow traffic was reported by the AA – eastbound from A23 London Road to Coldean Lane (Hollingbury / Ditchling junction).

Sussex Police confirmed this was due to a broken-down car, and the road had reopened by 11am.

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