Heavy traffic has been caused on the M25 following a multi-vehicle crash.

The incident took place at around 3pm this afternoon (Sunday, November 27).

A multi-vehicle crash was reported between Junction 16 for the M40, and Junction 17 for Rickmansworth.

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National Highways confirmed that two lanes of the M25 had been shut, to allow the emergency services to deal with the incident.

One lane has since reopened.

A spokesperson for National Highways said at the time: "Lanes three and four are closed on the M25 clockwise between J16 (M40) and J17 (Rickmansworth) due to a multi vehicle collision.

"Emergency services and Traffic Offciers are on scene.

"There are just over 2 miles of congestion on approach so please allow extra journey time."