A three-car crash has led to traffic congestion on the M42 and A5.

Live traffic website Inrix has reported the collision on the M42 southbound from Junction 10 with the A5 Watling Street to Junction 9 A4097 Kingsbury Road.

It states that 'traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to accident, three cars involved'. All traffic was held at 12.39pm.

Reports on social media suggest that 'traffic backed up for miles with people outside their car'. The collision is understood to have taken place at 12.30pm.

National Highways has said traffic officers are on scene. Ambulance crews are said to be on route.

"There are 30-minute delays on approach," it has posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. We have contacted emergency services for more details.

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