A1 closed at Wittering, Peterborough for more than five hours after crash

The A1 was closed for more than five hours after a serious crash at Wittering near Peterborough on Monday night (January 23)

Police said the two car crash happened at about 8.15pm, and the road was not able to re-open until the early hours of Tuesday morning, after emergency services had finished working at the scene and recovery of the wreckage had taken place. A diversion was put in place while the works were finished.

Thankfully, police said no serious injuries were reported in the collision.

A spokesman for the force said: “We were called with reports of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the A1 at Wittering at about 8:15pm yesterday (23 January).

“Ambulance and fire attended the scene.

"There were no serious injuries were reported. The road was closed while recovery took place and re-opened at about 1.30am today (24 January).”