A CRASH is causing major delays on the motorway.

The incident happened on the M60 clockwise, just after 4pm, between junction 15 (M61) and junction 16 (A666).

Traffic was held until around 4.35pm to allow a car to be moved from the motorway.

It caused congestion all the way to junction 8 (Carrington).

All lanes reopened at 5.30pm but traffic is still heavy.