A car has crashed on Saturday evening after a police pursuit for failing to stop at around 7:40 pm blocking the left northbound Kapiti on-ramp lane on the Kapiti Expressway.

The car had been on fire for a short amount of time after being attached to a towing truck; the fire was put out shortly after by Fire services.

The left northbound lane is expected to re-open at around 7:55 pm even though there is no traffic at the moment after investigations take place.