ALL lanes of the A12 have reopened following a crash involving five cars this morning.

Police closed the inside two lanes at the northbound junction 27 at Spring Lane shortly before 9am after two Renault Meganes collided. 

The road was re-opened at about 11am.

A woman aged in her 40s was treated at the scene by paramedics.

The traffic jam stretched beyond Eight Ash Green.

There were also delays on the southbound carriageway as people slowed down to look at the crash.