A RUSH-HOUR crash caused severe delays on the A19 this morning.

Temporary traffic measures were put in place on the southbound Middlesbrough flyover, after a red Honda motorcycle and a black Fiat Stylo were involved in a collision.

The motorcyclist was treated at the scene by paramedics.

He was taken to the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, after complaining of back pain. Police were called at 9.50am and the road was cleared by 11.05am.