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One lane has reopened after a car fire this lunchtime (Tuesday, 16 January).
It happened on the A19 Shipton Road between the Riverside Farm pub and the A1237 ring road.
All lanes were originally closed. Now the inbound lane has reopened. The outbound lane is still shut. Traffic is beginning to clear, but still slow.
A car fire is causing hazardous driving conditions on a main road in York this lunchtime (Tuesday, 16 January).
It is on the A19 Shipton Road between to the A1237 outer ring road and Riverside Farm pub.
YorkMix listener Dan called to say that thick black smoke was billowing across both carriageways making driving difficult.
And Victoria contacted us to say the road was closed in both directions with emergency services on the scene.
Police are on the scene of a crash in York this lunchtime (Tuesday, 16 January).
It is on the A64 eastbound shortly before the turn-off to Fulford.
One lane is closed and tailbacks are starting to build.
More as we get it.
The crash that had caused problems on a York ring road roundabout has now been cleared.
As we reported earlier, a van had flipped onto its side on Hull Road at the Grimston Bar interchange during this morning’s rush hour (Tuesday, 16 January).
Police went to the scene and diverted traffic around the incident, causing hold-ups.
But the road has now been cleared and traffic is flowing normally.
A rush hour crash on a key York roundabout is causing problems this morning (Tuesday, 16 January).
A van has overturned on the Grimston Bar interchange on the A1079.
It has blocked a lane. Police are on scene and directing traffic around the incident.
The collision is causing delays around the roundabout, including on Hull Road and the A166 Stamford Bridge Road.
The AA reports: “Delays of eight minutes and delays increasing on A1079 Hull Road Westbound
“Delays of four minutes and delays easing on A1079 Hull Road Westbound between Hull Road and A64 (Grimston Bar Interchange).”
Helen, who witnessed the incident, called in to YorkMix Radio to say there is slow traffic towards Elvington too.
Due to the freezing conditions, there are icy patches on the roads, so the advice is to drive with extra caution.
A crash has caused long tailbacks on the A1M this evening.
Two lanes were closed on the southbound carriageway following the collision, after junction 44, the turn-off for the A64 to York and Tadcaster.
Both lanes reopened at about 4.20pm.
National Highways Yorkshire said: “There is still approximately six miles of congestion on approach, causing residual delays of 60 minutes above usual journey times.“
It estimates that the traffic won’t return to normal till between 6pm and 6.15pm.