DRIVERS suffered a severe case of Monday morning blues this morning.

Motorists got caught up in traffic jams on a number of roads around Huddersfield and the M62.

In one of the slowest Monday mornings for some time, slow or stationary traffic was reported in both directions on the A62 Cooper Bridge Road, Mirfield, and the A62 Manchester Road near Chapel Hill.

Drivers also experienced severe delays following an accident on the westbound M62 between Junctions 28 (Tingley) to 27 (Gildersome).

Heavier than usual traffic was reported on the M62 eastbound between Junction 23 (Ainley Top) to (Gildersome) where travel time was 35 minutes.

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