TRAFFIC is held up on the A38 following a crash, police say.

The accident happened on the dual carriageway westbound just before 9am. 

One lane was closed and traffic was queuing from the A382 at Drum Bridges, Heathfield to the A383 Goldstone Junction at Bickington. 

A report on social media described traffic as being at a standstill Plymouth bound on the A38.