Heavy traffic on A470 after crash leaves it partially blocked both ways

A major route near Rhodda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil was partially blocked in both directions due to a crash on Thursday, January 18. There was heavy traffic on the A470 due to the incident between the A472 (AberCynon Roundabout) and A4060 (Abercanaid Roundabout), according to traffic monitoring service Inrix, which first reported the collision at 4.30pm.

Road cameras showed traffic officers on the scene. There were queues stretching over 3km on the A470 and there was also congestion along the A4059 New Road. Traffic returned to normal at around 6.08pm. Join our WhatsApp news community here for the latest breaking news

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