Oil spillage and collision closes A27 in West Sussex
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According to the AA’s traffic bulletin, the incident was first reported during the night at 3.40am.
The AA said: “Road closed due to crash and oil spillage on A27 Upper Brighton Road both ways between A24 Broadwater Street West (Grove Lodge Roundabout) and Sompting Road (Lyons Farm retail park).”
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Hide AdNational Highways South East said on X (formerly Twitter) the collision ‘resulted in a significant oil spillage’.
A diversion was put in place.
The road has now reopened to traffic.
National Highways South East said: “All lanes have now reopened on the A27 in both directions between the A24 (Grove Lodge, Worthing) and the #A2025 (Lancing) following the earlier collision.”
Elsewhere on the A27 near Shoreham, the road remains closed due to roadworks.
The AA said: “Road closed and delays expected due to weekend roadworks until the early hours of Monday morning on the A27 Eastbound from A2025 Grinstead Lane (Sompting Roundabout) to A283 Steyning Road (Steyning turn off).”
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