TRAFFIC in Stevenage has been badly affected after two car crashes in the same area this morning (Wednesday).

A Clio and an Astra collided by The Granby pub in Rectory Lane, Stevenage, at around 8.30am.

The road has been blocked while the Clio is being recovered.

At 8.55am police were called to another collision involving an Arriva bus and a silver Honda Civic.

Fire services were called to the scene in Coreys Mill Lane after reports that a woman was trapped in her Honda Civic, although she was able to free herself from the vehicle without assistance from the emergency services.

No one was seriously injured in either crash.