Overview
- The crash, which happened Sunday shortly after 11am between Carrville (J62) and Chester-le-Street (J63), led to a lane closure on the northbound carriageway.
- National Highways reported queues up to three miles with delays reaching 45 minutes as bank-holiday traffic built on the approach.
- All lanes reopened at about 1:30pm with residual delays near 15 minutes, and live data showed traffic back to normal around 2pm.
- Emergency services and traffic officers attended the scene, and recovery was arranged to remove the vehicles.
- The North East Ambulance Service sent one crew who treated one patient at the roadside and discharged them.