Police have re-opened all lanes on the M20 after moving vehicles involved in an earlier accident to the hard shoulder.

Lane three of the motorway London-bound between J5 for the A20 and and J4 for the A228 (Leybourne/Snodland), was closed from around 6.10am, but re-opened just before 7am.

Queues which had backed up to J7 A249 (Maidstone/Detling Hill) are now clearing, but traffic on the A20 around the Larkfield area is also very heavy with motorists trying to avoid the motorway.

Kent Police said: "We were called at 6.11am to a report of a collision involving four vehicles on the M20 between Junctions 4 and 5.

"Officers attended the scene and no injuries have been reported."