The A12 has now reopened following the earlier collision in Colchester (Image: Archant)
Rush-hour traffic is causing delays along several major routes in Essex this morning.
In Braintree, traffic is reportedly slow moving westbound along the A120 Coggeshall Road between Marks Farm Roundabout and Galley’s Corner.
There are also reports of heavy congestion along the A124 Westway in Colchester between the A133 Colne Bank Avenue junction and North Station Roundabout.
And in Chelmsford, traffic is said to be slow in both directions on the A1060 Parkway at the Army And Navy roundabout, the A130 Colchester Road between Boreham Interchange and the White Hart Lane junction and the A1016 Westway northbound between the Robjohns Road junction and the Writtle Road junction.
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