RUSH-HOUR motorists faced long delays on the A34 again tonight after five separate crashes on the outskirts of Oxford.

The northbound carriageway of the road was closed near the Hinksey Hill interchange to allow rescue crews to clear wreckage.

It was the second night this week that the road had been closed by crashes.

On Tuesday night, police closed the road in both directions after a four-vehicle crash close to the Milton interchange, near Didcot.