A crash on the A38 was caused by a van that had stopped in the carriageway after running out of fuel.
The incident happened on the southbound stretch, near to the Clover Nook Industrial Park in Alfreton, at 10.45am this morning.
A lane was closed, causing long tailbacks.
Derbyshire police said the driver received a ticket for "unnecessary obstruction".
Nobody appears to have been injured and police described the crash as a "two-vehicle shunt".
A tweet from Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit said: "A38. Van runs out of fuel and stops in lane one. Causes a two vehicle shunt behind as well as a long tail back.
"Ticket for causing an unnecessary obstruction."