QUEUES backed up on the A34 after a crash happened close to the Peartree Interchange this morning.

The crash happened on the northbound carriageway but caused delays in both directions.

A section of the A34 northbound was closed to drivers until about 7am but is now fully reopened. Delays of about 25 minutes were reported.

Congestion on the northbound carriagway stretched back to the Botley Interchange and back to Junction 9 of the M40 on the southbound side.