A MOTORIST was taken to hospital suffering injuries, described as "not serious", following a two-car collision on the A1(M) in County Durham yesterday.

The woman, from Fenham, Newcastle, was driving a Honda Civic car which was in collision with a Rover 420, being driven by a man from London, in the outside lane of the northbound carriageway, just north of the Carrville interchange, near Durham, at 2pm.

The outside lane was blocked for 80 minutes while accident debris was cleared.