TRAFFIC on the M40 is now flowing smoothly following a crash near Bicester. 

The crash on the road caused delays to drivers heading north out of Oxford.

Three vehicles collided on the northbound carriageway of the motorway at junction 9 near Bicester at about 1pm.

Nobody was seriously hurt.

Queues were building on the M40 and on A34 before the road joins the motorway for several hours after the crash.