A car has been spotted travelling the wrong way down a motorway slip road in order to avoid miles of queues due to a closure.

The M65 eastbound between junction 10 for Burnley and junction 12 for Nelson, was closed early this morning after a car overturned on the carriageway and came to rest on its roof.

Traffic was being diverted and queues had formed all the way back to junction eight for Hapton. 

A furious passenger stuck in traffic on the entry sliproad at junction eight of the M65 managed to take a photo of the car, a black Audi, while it was driving the wrong way in order to avoid the congestion.

The passenger said: "Look at this sausage. Decided they didn’t want to join the m65 after all."

Posting the image on social media, people began to react to the dangerous and idiotic behaviour, with one person commenting: "Oh my word!!! So dangerous to anyone not only themselves.

"Can't think why you would turn round and go back!!!!!"

While another person added: "Omg someone just died on the M65 a few weeks ago from driving the wrong way! Absolute idiot!"

At the beginning of September a 79-year-old woman who went the wrong way up a slip road died after a crash on the M65.

Police were called just after noon on Thursday September 2 after a collision involving a Nissan Note and a Fiat 500.

Officers think the Nissan had travelled the wrong way up the slip road at junction three of the westbound M65.

After reaching the top of the slip road the driver attempted to turn left to join traffic travelling westbound towards Preston.

The car was then involved in a collision with the Fiat.

The driver of the Nissan was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died on Saturday evening. She has since been named as Anne Littlewood, aged 79 and from Bury.

The passenger in the car – a woman in her 80s and from Radcliffe – suffered only minor injuries. The driver of the Fiat – a 25-year-old woman from Barnoldswick – suffered whiplash.