NORTH Yorkshire Police closed the A171 this morning in both directions after a crash involving two vehicles north of Whitby in the North York Moors.

Live traffic updates on the incident can be found here

The accident occured between B1266 High Street and the A169, near to Egton village.

Police asked motorists to avoid the area if possible.

Traffic between Whitby and Scaling was affected and diversions were put in place.