The M25 was closed near Watford due to debris after a car transporter lorry crash.

Herts Police were called to the motorway twice this morning (October 21) as Hertfordshire County Council Highways warned of “long delays” for motorists heading anticlockwise.

The force had been contacted at around 6.36am with reports of a smash involving a car transporter lorry and a black Kia Rio near junction 23.

It was logged as “damage only”.

Around an hour later, Highways shared a live traffic map showing miles of congestion stretching from Uxbridge to Abbots Langley – which it said was due to a crash.

The motorway was then briefly shut, again anticlockwise, between 9.15am and 9.30am.

Herts Police have confirmed they were called to reports of debris near junction 22 and attended the scene alongside Highways officers, before the motorway was reopened.

As of 10am, the anticlockwise traffic on the M25 near Watford had largely cleared.