A RUSH-HOUR smash on a busy main road resulted in motorists having to contend with slow-moving traffic and delays.

Essex Police were called to the A12 in Colchester just before 9am today after a car and a lorry were involved in a crash.

The incident impacted the southbound carriageway near Colchester United's JobServe Community Stadium and the Crown Interchange.

A spokesman for the police said: “No injuries reported to us.”

The latest accident on the A12 comes roughly a week after a three-vehicle smash near Kelvedon saw two people hospitalised.