A caravan crash caused a major traffic incident in Suffolk last night when the touring vehicle and its Land Rover towcar overturned on the A12 at Stratford St Mary.
The incident occurred close to junction 29 during rush hour and caused a major tailback, with the contents of the caravan spilled across the road surface.
Fortunately all the people involved escaped with only minor injuries, the East Anglia Daily Times reported.
A spokesperson for the local police revealed that officers were initially guiding traffic around the strewn debris, but by 10pm they were forced to close the road as darkness made it too dangerous.
A diversion was then set up so that a tidy-up operation could take place, with the road eventually reopened at around midnight.
These incidents are relatively common – a recent survey from Club Care Insurance revealed that last year eight per cent of all caravan payouts came as a result of road accidents. A further eight per cent of claims were wheel-related, including burst tyres and wheel detachments.
