THE A35 has been reopened following a crash involving a car and a van.

The A35 was partially blocked both ways at Winterbourne Abbas due to an crash near the petrol station causing slow traffic between Dorchester and Bridport.

A spokesman for Dorset Police said: "We were called at 2.14pm to a report of a collision involving a car and a van on the A35 in Winterbourne Abbas, Dorchester.

"The road reopened at around 3.30pm."