Delays are clearing on the M1 after an overturned car and oil spillage caused chaos this morning.

Drivers were stuck in queues of more than an hour southbound because of two incidents between j11 for Luton and j8 for Hemel Hempstead.

Between j9 and j8, emergency services were called to a three vehicle crash which temporarily stopped all traffic before two lanes were closed for recovery work.

A white Vauxhall was completely on its roof which prolonged recovery.

The Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Cambridgeshire Road Policing Unit, who were called to the scene, reported “slight injuries”.

A stranded car in the outside lane also caused queues at around j11.

All lanes have been reopened.