Traffic confusion as bus breaks down

There were traffic problems in Yate today during the evening rush hour when a bus broke down at the end of Sundridge Park, next to Lidl. For some reason a foreign lorry appeared to be stuck behind it as well.

Traffic tried to squeeze past the obstruction, but if they timed it wrong some drivers had to reverse back into the traffic light controlled junction, and there were a few near misses.

We tried to call the police to direct traffic, but we got put in a very long unanswered queue for their control room - they were presumably busy with other incidents. We gave up after nearly ten minutes.