It's been a distressing day on the M5 after five cars, a van and a lorry all crashed during extreme weather.
A man suffered "potentially life-threatening injuries" following one collision, that closed a stretch of the motorway for more than nine hours.
This smash happened on the southbound carriageway at around 8.45am, between Junction 13 at Stroud and Junction 14 at Thornbury.
It involved two LGVs, and left one of the drivers with "potentially life-threatening injuries".
The man, who is 59 years old and from Birmingham, has been taken to Southmead Hospital for further treatment.
Earlier today, a lorry shed juice cartons all over the motorway near Portishead.
The vehicle overturned in a crash at about 5.40am between junction 20, near Clevedon, and junction 19, near Portishead.
Emergency services were quick to attend the scene and Avon and Somerset Police confirmed the driver of the lorry was not hurt.
A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset police said: "Inclement weather and cold temperatures are believed to have caused several roads to freeze.
"Motorists are advised to take care and drive to the conditions.
"At 7am we attended a collision involving five vehicles between Junctions 14 and 15 southbound carriageway of the M5.
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"At 5.40am a lorry overturned between Junctions 19 and 20 of the M5 northbound, blocking the carriageway. The driver of the lorry was uninjured.
"At 8.15am we also received reports of a collisions at Junction 1 of the M48 as it joins the M4 and between Junctions 17 and 18 of the M5. No one is believed to have been hurt in either collision."
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