A34 traffic – motorists frustrated after another crash

The Tuesday morning commute was hit with delays of up to an hour northbound between Chilton and the Milton Interchange for Didcot.

There was a crash on the northbound side just past the Milton entry with traffic stopped by Highways Agency officials.

Thames Valley Police was also called to help resolve the incident.

One frustrated motorist heading northbound towards Oxford said the delays meant he was 30 minutes late to work.

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“What’s most frustrated is the officers will rush to the crash and put out cones rather than move the vehicles blocking the road,” the anonymous motorist said.

“Once it’s established everybody is okay, the focus should be shifted to moving the accident to the side of the road so everybody else can get on with their lives.”

Although the crash, which happened at around 7.30am, had been cleared by 9am, the tailbacks were significant.

A spokesperson for National Highways said at the time: “Traffic is stopped on the A34 in Oxfordshire in both directions between A4130 Milton and A415 Abingdon due to a traffic collision.”

“There are delays in excess of 54 minutes on the approach to the area,” the agency said before traffic returned to normal at about 10am.

Oxfordshire County Council had warned drivers to “approach with caution and consider alternative routes”.