Snake Pass closed LIVE: Drivers urged to avoid area following 'serious collision'

A major road between Manchester and Sheffield has been closed in both directions following a 'serious crash'. Police have shut a 13-mile stretch of the A57 Snake Pass this afternoon (August 11).

Drivers are being urged to avoid the area 'until further notice'. The closure comes on one of the hottest days of the year, affecting traffic heading through the Peak District.

The road is closed between the Royal Oak Inn, in Glossop, and the Ladybower Reservoir, near Bamford. In a post on X, a Derbyshire Police spokesperson said: "The Snake Pass near Glossop is closed in both directions following a serious collision.

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"Motorists should avoid the area until further notice." The crash was reported at around 1.30pm.

Further details about the nature of the collision are yet to be confirmed. Derbyshire Police has been approached for further details.

This map shows the closure in full.

It stretches 13 miles between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir, near Bamford.

Police have closed off a 13-mile stretch of Snake Pass this afternoon due to a 'serious collision'.

The road has been closed for a couple of hours and no details have yet been given regarding its reopening.

Police are urging drivers to stay away from the area while work takes place at the scene.

It comes on one of the hottest days of the year, when the A57 would have been busy with traffic heading through the Peak District, between Manchester and Sheffield.

Further details on the crash are yet to be confirmed.

Updates will be posted in this blog when they become available.