A FOUR-CAR collision partially blocked the M62 Westbound.

The accident was between Junction 27 Gildersome and Junction 26 at Chain Bar.

All lanes were reported stopped with stationary traffic due to recovery work.

The vehicles being dealt with were in lanes three and four.

Recovery arrived on scene at 6.05pm.

Traffic was held until after 6.15. Travel time is 15 minutes.

All lanes were re-opened at about 6.30pm.

Slow traffic was also reported on the M62 Eastbound between due to drivers looking at the earlier accident on the opposite side.