A CAR has crashed into a tree outside a school in Wesctliff.

The accident happened at around 2.30pm today at Kenilworth Gardens, outside St Thomas More High School for Boys and has caused a huge amount of traffic.

A spokesperson for the ambulance service said that they were called at about 2.30pm.

They said a car had collided with a tree.

A man, believed to be in his twenties, was checked over but required no further treatment.

It is believed the crash caused six buses to be delayed.