A KEY road in the Stroud area has reopened after the trailer of a lorry collided with a tree.

Toadsmoor Road, which links Brimscombe to Eastcombe and Bussage near Stroud and passes through the Toadsmoor Valley, was closed when a SNJ reporter visited the top of the road at around 5.45pm on Monday, November 4.

Now Gloucestershire police has revealed that a lorry trailer had collided with a tree.

"Police were called to a report of a single-vehicle collision in Toadsmoor Road, Brimscombe, shortly before 4pm yesterday (Monday, November 4)," a spokesperson for the force said.

"The trailer of a lorry had collided with a tree.

"Nobody was believed to have been injured.

"The road was closed while the carriageway was cleared and reopened at around 9.30pm."

It was reported on social media on Tuesday, November 5 that drivers should be aware of branches at the bottom of the road.

"Beware of branches on the road at the bottom of Toadsmoor," a social media user said.

At 4.15pm on Monday, bus operator Stagecoach West had posted on X (formerly known as Twitter) that its 67 bus service was to be diverted.

"67 will be on diversion from Stroud via Bisley to get to Bussage until further notice," a spokesperson had said. 

"This is due to a lorry hitting a tree."