A crash near Chard left the A303 partially blocked.
Traffic was moving slowly westbound between the Forest Mill Lane junction in Horton and the Giant's Grave junction in Buckland St Mary.
Three cars were involved in the crash around 2.45pm.
There were no injuries and the traffic is now flowing.
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