UPDATE
All lanes have been reopened but traffic is very slow, with congestion back to junction 21 for Weston-Super-Mare.
TWO lanes of the M5 northbound are closed after a crash involving a motorcycle.
The incident occured between junction 19 A369 for Portishead and junction 18a M49 for Avonmouth/ Hallen around 7:45am.
Traffic is queued all the way back to junction 20 B3133 for Clevedon.
Reports suggest the crash took place in the outside lane of the motorway carriageway.
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