A collision has blocked a main dual carriageway in the city this morning.

Two cars have been in a collision on the A45 on Fletchamstead Highway near to Sainsbury's.

Emergency services are in attendance.

The road is blocked due to a car in the middle of the carriageway.

It comes a week after one person was trapped inside their car following a two-car collision near to the same place.

Traffic was disrupted on the A45 Fletchamstead Highway at the junction with the B4101 Tile Hill Lane due to the incident.

The current incident on the A45 is ongoing with police still on scene.

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Full story

We’ve now got the full story on the collision which blocked part of the A45 this morning.

Two cars were involved, but one was in the middle of the road.

The road was blocked due to a car in the middle of the carriageway, which caused delays around the junction.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service vehicle was passing by the crew saw the incident and stopped to help.

You can read the full story here.

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Waiting for recovery

Police have updated us on the scene on the A45.

They are awaiting recovery for the car in the middle of the road.

Traffic seems to be flowing okay, with police in attendance still to ensure there aren’t any collisions while recovery is en route.

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Fire service not called

It seems it was just police and the ambulance service that attended the collision.

We spoke to Canley fire station just down the road from where it happened and they weren’t called.

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Car in middle of road

Part of the dual carriageway is closed due to one of the cars in the middle of the road.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said: “It is partially blocked as a car is in the middle of the road.”

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Ambulance on scene

West Midlands Ambulance Service is also on scene.

They were passing by when they saw the incident.

West Midlands Police said: “The ambulance service has contacted us to say they were passing an RTC.”

Both the ambulance service and police stayed on scene and are still there now.

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"Chaos"

Reports on social media are saying to avoid the area as it is chaos.

We’ll be getting more on this as we get it, including all traffic updates.

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Police in attendance

Police are in attendance to the collision.

They’ve told us that two cars are involved, with the main carriageway blocked.

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Emergency services in attendance

Police and ambulance are at the scene of a collision this morning which is blocking a main dual carriageway.

A45, Fletchamstead Highway is blocked due to two cars colliding.

Details are sketchy at the moment, but we’ll have more on this as we get it.

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