UPDATED: There were lengthy delays on the M56 eastbound in Cheshire this morning following a road traffic collision involving two cars.
The collision happened at around 6.00am today (Tuesday, December 6).
Emergency services attended at the scene and there were severe delays with queuing traffic for five miles, going back to the A494 Bypass Road with traffic falling on to the M53, back to J7 (Overpool) for Southbound traffic and J12 (Chester) for Northbound.
Three fire crews attended at the collision involving two cars and firefighters made the vehicles safe. There was no one trapped and no fire. Cheshire Police and Highways Agency attended and closed the motorway while the incident was dealt with.
The motorway has since re-opened.
#M56 in #Cheshire is closed eastbound within J14 due to a collision. Traffic is being diverted via the exit & entry slip roads.@NWmwaypolice are at scene.
Delays of 20 minutes above normal journey times & 3 miles of congestion on approach. Please allow extra journey time. pic.twitter.com/MRQPI0m8ET
— National Highways: North-West (@HighwaysNWEST) December 6, 2022
We are currently at scene of an RTC J14 M56 Eastbound…
Traffic is held prior, and we will be taking you off at the junction for you to re join
The Westbound we have lanes 2 and 3 closed while we clear debris from the RTC pic.twitter.com/5kF1AwG3CS
— North West Motorway Police (@NWmwaypolice) December 6, 2022
