TWO collisions caused long delays for drivers on the A31 this morning.

At approximately 7.15am an accident on the eastbound carriageway at Picket Post saw one lane blocked and delays as far as the other side of Ringwood.

Paramedics were called after a motorcyclist skidded and lost control of his bike while doing 70mph.

No other vehicles are believed to have been involved.

A spokesman for South Central Ambulance Service said: “We sent an ambulance along but the male driver was not injured and discharged at the scene.”

A second crash a few miles up the road, at just before 9am, resulted in another lane being blocked.

Paramedics are believed to have been at the scene of the second accident, along with a highway patrolman.