A SERIOUS crash between a car and motorbike on the M60 is causing long tailbacks and delays for drivers near Worsley.

A man has been taken to Salford Royal Hospital following the smash which occurred on the anti-clockwise carriageway shortly after 10.15am on Friday.

North West Motorway Police‏ said via social media that the incident has now been cleared.

All of the lanes were closed following the crash near to Junction 12, for Eccles Interchange and the M62.

Traffic was stopped by North West Motorway Police, with queues as far back as Junction 15 for Bolton, Wigan and Preston.

A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service said: "We were first called at 10.17am.

"We have taken a man to Salford Royal Hospital.

"An air ambulance, senior paramedic and road ambulance attended the scene."