TRAFFIC UPDATE: A47 in Peterborough reopens after serious crash causes traffic chaos

Traffic is backed up on the A47 Soke Parkway, Nene Parkway, Bourges Boulevard as well as other surrounding routes.

Police have now recovered a red Volkswagen Golf, which left the carriageway at around 1.25pm, and completed accident investigation work.

A man in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries.

The car left the road, hit a sign and rolled into a tree in a wooded area.

At least 16 emergency vehicles, including the Magpas air ambulance attended the scene.

Police may a search of the wooded area to ensure nobody else had been thrown from the car.

The man is in a serious but stable condition at Peterborough City Hospital.