Chaos on the north circular after crash

MOTORISTS experienced delays of up to four hours after a BMW hit a lamp post on the three-lane North Circular Road near Hendon.

Tailbacks stretched back five miles up to the Hanger Lane gyratory after the car, left, flipped onto its side before hitting another car near the A1 at 3pm. All three lanes were closed. Two lanes reopened at 6.30pm, but the road did not fully reopen until 9.30pm.

The male driver of the BMW was in a stable condition in hospital. His three passengers suffered minor injuries. No one was harmed in the second vehicle.

At 7pm a TfL spokesman said: "We can't predict when the tailbacks might go." One motorist said: "The lamp post has gone across all three lanes. It took so long for them to sort it out."