Major south Essex road shut after lorry crash caused ‘substantial damage’
Police shut off the A12 between junction 16, near south Essex's Stock Road, at around 4.30pm yesterday evening. The road was closed overnight until around 5.30am today after a crash caused "barrier damage", Essex County Council's traffic control showed last night.
CLEARED#A12 eastbound J16 #Galleywood and J17 #HoweGreen near #Chelmsford #Essex[1][2][3][4][5] ROAD OPEN
Following an earlier serious collision. No delays. pic.twitter.com/DzaxJwSlbE[6]
-- National Highways: East (@HighwaysEAST) April 23, 2025[7]Essex Police have now confirmed a lorry crashed into a central reservation, causing "substantial damage". No serious injuries were suffered.
A spokesman for the force said: "We were called to a collision on the A12 between at Junction 16 near Galleywood at around 4.30pm on Tuesday 22 April. "It was reported a lorry had collided with a central reservation, causing substantial damage. "No serious injuries were suffered.
"A road closure was implemented while the damage was cleared."
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- ^ #A12 (twitter.com)
- ^ #Galleywood (twitter.com)
- ^ #HoweGreen (twitter.com)
- ^ #Chelmsford (twitter.com)
- ^ #Essex (twitter.com)
- ^ pic.twitter.com/DzaxJwSlbE (t.co)
- ^ April 23, 2025 (twitter.com)