A CRASH between a van and a car has blocked the A259.

The crash happened on the A259 South Coast Road at the junction with Piddinghoe Avenue, near Peacehaven, at about 2.40pm.

The road is now partially blocked.

The AA website warned drivers that the traffic stretched back eastbound as far as the Smugglers Rest.

It said to expect severe delays of 15 minutes in the South Coast Road in Peacehaven and increasing delays of five minutes in Marine Drive, Saltdean, as a result of the crash.

It said: "The road is partially blocked and queueing traffic due to accident.

"A car and a van were involved in the incident on the A259 South Coast Road both ways at Piddinghoe Avenue.

"There is congestion stretching to Smugglers Rest for eastbound traffic."

Police are on the scene directing traffic past the collision.

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