This is why police closed the A27 in Chichester for six hours on Friday night
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Police said officers were called just before 9pm to an accident on the A27 before the Portfield roundabout.
On Twitter in the early hours of Saturday morning, Chichester Police wrote: "The road remains closed awaiting Highways England's assessment of the road surface. Please find an alternative route."
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Hide AdPolice later confirmed that the road had been reopened by 3am.
Providing an update today (Tuesday, December 3), a police spokesman said: "The road was closed because of an oil spill and there were no major injuries.
"It was dealt with by Highways England."
According to an eyewitness, the collision involved a car and a tractor. Traffic reports, at the time of the incident, said it happened on the A27 westbound from A285 (Halnaker / Petworth turn off) to A285 Portfield Way.
A number of motorists reported on social media that they were stuck in traffic for more than three hours.
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