Police provide fresh details on serious collision on M27 between Portsmouth and Fareham last night

Police urged motorists to avoid the M27 westbound between junctions 12 (Portsmouth) and 11 (Fareham) yesterday. Two lanes were blocked as a result of the crash – resulting in traffic delays for motorists and diversions being put in place.

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At the time, the roads policing unit reported: ‘Roads Policing Units are dealing with an incident on M27 in-between junction 12 and 11 west bound.

‘Delays expected, please avoid the area.’ Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary have released further information today about the collision.

A spokeswoman said: ‘Police were called at 7.18pm on Friday, March 17, to reports of a collision on the westbound M27 between junctions 11 and 12. The collision involved two vehicles, a Ford Fiesta and a VW Golf. No one was injured.’

National Highways reported the road was cleared and reopened later that evening.