{"id":68416,"date":"2026-08-10T00:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68416\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:12:06","slug":"perth-traffic-early-freeway-crash-causes-traffic-nightmare-for-motorists-in-perths-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/68416\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Early freeway crash causes traffic nightmare for motorists in Perth\u2019s south"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Monday morning commuters are facing bumper-to-bumper traffic on a major Perth road after a crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Emergency crews are responding to the incident in the centre southbound lane of Kwinana Freeway near the Roe Highway exit in Jandakot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash happened just after 6am on Monday, with all lanes except one shut to motorists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Main Roads warn of heavy traffic and significant delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">No injuries have been reported, with a tow truck at the scene working to clear the carnage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A crash on Great Eastern Highway heading west in Darlington has shut down the left lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police are on the scene and drivers are warned of heavy traffic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A lane has also been blocked on Mitchell Freeway heading north just after Ocean Reef Road in Heathridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The left lane is partially blocked, according to Main Roads, with motorists urged to drive carefully in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">An ambulance is at the scene. Injuries are unknown at this stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Another crash has caused traffic delays in Warwick where multiple lanes have been blocked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash between two cars unfolded on Warwick Road heading west on the Mitchell Freeway overpass at about 7.30am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Traffic is slow in the area and motorists are urged to drive with caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Traffic on Leach Highway heading west at North Lake Road in Winthrop has been disrupted by a crash too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The left lane is blocked and traffic is backed up on approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday morning commuters are facing bumper-to-bumper traffic on a major Perth road after a crash. Emergency crews are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,21,335,2223,464],"class_list":["post-68416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}