Sussex traffic: Sunday evening delays reported on A23, A27 and A21 amid earlier serious A272 collision and A277 fire service incident
Drivers are facing delays on at least three main roads in Sussex this evening (Sunday, November 8).
According to traffic sources, there is a partial blockage on the A23 at Bolney, temporary lights on the A27 at West Worthing and debris on the A21 in Hastings.
Ongoing incidents
– A23 at Bolney. The northbound carriageway is partially blocked at the A272 Cowfold Road junction. AA Traffic News first reported the incident at 5.39pm, describing a ‘traffic problem and slow traffic’.
– A27 at West Worthing. Temporary traffic lights at the roadworks are causing delays on both approaches, Sussex Traffic Watch reported at 4.28pm. AA Traffic News had reported very slow traffic in both directions between Salvington Hill and Hayling Rise earlier in the day.
– A21 at Hastings. Debris is partially blocking Sedlescombe Road North in both directions at Chatham Road. AA Traffic News first reported the incident at 5.09pm, saying the road was ‘partially blocked due to debris on road’.
Earlier on Sunday
The AA reported a separate two-car collision on A21 Bohemia Road, near Tower Road, at 1.03pm. Both directions were reported to be affected. In Eastbourne, a reported breakdown slowed westbound traffic on Lottbridge Drove between the Sovereign and Seaside roundabouts.
Sussex Traffic Watch reported queues on the A277 Brighton Road in Lewes at 12.25pm after a fire service incident partially blocked the westbound carriageway. There were also reports of a traffic problem at Ifield Roundabout in Crawley, and slow traffic through roadworks on the A29 Lidsey Road near Meyrick Way.
Traffic slowed around the Amex Stadium in Falmer ahead of Brighton’s 2pm kick-off against Brentford.
AA Traffic News reported five-minute delays on the northbound A270 towards the Falmer junction and seven-minute delays on the southbound A23 London Road towards Mill Road. Sussex Traffic Watch reported slow southbound traffic towards Patcham Interchange at 1.21pm.
Two collisions were reported on the A272 this morning.
At 11.20am on Sunday, it was reported that two cars collided between Haywards Heath and Uckfield.
A report from AA Traffic News read: “Road blocked and slow traffic due to accident, two cars involved on A272 Goldbridge Road – both ways near Shortbridge Road.”
A live map shows that the stretch has since reopened in both directions.
This followed an earlier collision on the A272, involving a motorcycle, near Cuckfield. The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The AA first reported the closure at 8.15am.
The traffic information service said the road was ‘closed due to [an] accident’, adding: “Motorcycle involved on A272 both ways from the B2184 to the B2036.”
A second AA alert, first logged at 9.20am, listed a closure from B2184 Tylers Green to B2272 Butlers Green Road. It said it was ‘in relation to the A272 closure both ways between Ansty and Cuckfield’.
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