POLICE and paramedics responded to a motorcycle crash off the A419 at Stratton this afternoon which caused long delays.

Wiltshire Police received a call at 2.25pm to a report of a crash involving a motorbike and a car on the A419 slip road near the Rat Trap pub.

The motorcyclist was treated for minor injuries following the collision between a red Honda Civic and a blue and white Suzuki motorbike.

Although the crash was described as fairly minor, the location meant that drivers experienced long delays on adjacent roads for over an hour.

Drivers took to twitter to warn about the tailbacks, one said that the traffic on the A419 itself was at a complete standstill.