Two cars were both written off after a crash at the busy junction of Small Lane and St Helens Road this teatime.
A 20 reg. Vauxhall Grandland X was in collision with a SEAT Cupra at around 5.20pm; the accident caused widespread disrupution for local drivers with the scene cleared around two hours later after AAA REcovery of Leyland removed the Vauxhall.
Police closed part of Knowsley Road and there were long queues of traffic travelling into Ormskirk which stretched back to Edge Hill University.
It's not thought anyone was badly hurt in the incident.