DRIVERS travelling on the M5 heading northbound face delays this evening.

Traffic is stop-start on the motorway between Junction 8 for the M50 and Junction 5 for Droitwich.

Further along the motorway, traffic is slow in the roadworks area between Junction 6 and Junction 4a.

The accident blocking one lane on the M5 southbound between Junction 4 for Bromsgrove and Junction 4a for the M42 has now been cleared.

Traffic conditions are understood to have returned to normal heading southbound in the area.