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Motorists are facing severe delays on the M5 and M4 due to a number of crashes and incidents on both motorways as well as heavy traffic heading to the Rolling Stones Concert in Cardiff.

The journey time between Clevedon and the M4 near Chippenham was one hour and 40 minutes for the 40 mile journey at 7pm on Friday (June 15).

Traffic cameras show queuing traffic on the M5 southbound and the M4 westbound.

What happened?

Traffic has been building since the early afternoon.

Time Line M5 and M4 chaos on June 15 3pm There is a three vehicle crash and oil spill on the M5 between J16 and J17 3.20pm Queues reach J15 on the M5 southbound 3.45pm Traffic stretches to Almbondsbury Interchange and the M4 4.15pm Traffic towards the Rolling Stones concert in Cardiff is noticeable 5pm Rush hour traffic starts M4 between J18 and J21 westbound is slow due to a crash between J17 and 18. There is a crash on the M5 southbound between J19 and J20 and two lanes are closed. One lane of the exit slip road at J19 is closed due to a broken down vehicle 5.45pm Crash on M4 is cleared but severe delays remain. 6.45pm Long delays continue - Travel times: M5 J16 to J20: 40 minutes M4 J18 to J21: 50 minutes 7.10pm Horsebox incident on the M5 southbound near Cheltenham. Long queues are building around J11 and J11A.

What the current situation at 7pm?

All lanes on both motorways have reopened but there is still stop-start traffic on the M5 southbound near Bristol between Aztec West and Clevedon.

The M4 is also moving very slowly and both near Bath and westbound at the toll booths heading to Wales for the Rolling Stones concert.

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