TWO lorries and a car were involved in a crash on the A34, causing huge delays for the evening rush hour.
Queues were backed up in both directions with Highways England warning drivers of hour-long delays.
The crash has had a knock-on effect in the city centre during rush hour, with most of the major routes through Oxford jammed.
However, by 7.15pm on Monday evening, all lanes had reopened and delays were starting to ease.
One driver reporter it had taken him an hour to drive from St Giles to Frideswide Square at the height of the rush hour.
The crash happened shortly before 3pm and closed one lane heading northbound.
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Highways England said the crash happened close to the Botley Interchange and that police arrived on the scene.
#A34 north lane 1 closed just north of A420 (#Botley Interchange) nr #Oxford due to collision inv. 2 HGVs and a car. Highways England officers on scene and recovery en-route. Very slow traffic from #Kennington Interchange (#A423 Oxford Southern Bypass). Approx 1 hour delay. pic.twitter.com/f2uzwK0Mt7
— Highways England (@HighwaysEAST) October 8, 2018
Traffic heading northbound backed up to Abingdon, and southbound traffic queued back past Water Eaton.
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