Sussex and Surrey traffic: 'Severe delays' after M25 incident; A264 closed due to flooding; A259 reopens after collision
Here are the latest traffic updates, from across Sussex and Surrey, on Friday, January 23.
A collision has been reported on the M25, with a speed restriction in place.
AA Traffic News advised: “Severe delays and speed restriction of 40 mph due to crash, now on the shoulder on M25 clockwise from J10 A3 (Wisley Interchange) to J11 A320 St Peters Way (Chertsey). Congestion to Cobham Services. Emergency services on scene, all lanes now open.
“Severe delays of 70 minutes and delays increasing on M25 clockwise between J9 A243 (Leatherhead) and J11 A320 St Peters Way (Chertsey). Average speed five mph.
“Severe delays of 18 minutes on M25 anticlockwise between J13 A30 (Staines) and J10 A3 (Wisley Interchange). Average speed 15 mph.”
The AA has also reported that A308 Staines Road West is partially blocked – northbound at B378 School Road (School Road Junction). There is queueing traffic in the area.
There is also said to be slow traffic on the M25 clockwise between J6 A22 (Godstone) and J7 M23 J8. This is due to a van having a tyre changed earlier this morning, according to the AA.
In Sussex, a road between Crawley and Horsham is blocked, due to flooding.
The AA reported: “Road blocked due to flooding on A264 Crawley Road Westbound from the A264 (Pease Pottage turn off) to Tower Road.”
Meanwhile, there are early reports of at least one incident on the A272, between Bolney and Cowfold. Sussex Traffic Watch reported ‘delays on both approaches’.
In Burgess Hill, roadworks with ‘multi-way temporary lights’ continue to cause delays at World's End, according to Sussex Traffic Watch.
A286 Birdham Road, near Chichester, has reopened after emergency repairs were carried out, on Thursday evening.
No incidents have been reported in East Sussex, this morning, but there was a collision in Peacehaven on Thursday evening.
The A259 was reported as closed both ways following an emergency incident, around 5pm. Traffic was impacted on Keymer Avenue and Arundel Road.
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) confirmed paramedics were called to reports of a road traffic collision, ‘involving a pedestrian’, on South Coast Road.
A spokesperson added: “Ambulance crews, critical care paramedics and the Air Ambulance Charity Kent, Surrey, Sussex attended, assessed, and treated one patient on scene.
"The patient was then taken by road to Royal Sussex County Hospital in a serious condition.”
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