{"id":91395,"date":"2026-09-09T00:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/91395\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:38:08","slug":"traffic-chaos-as-freeway-emergency-lanes-blocked-off-by-peak-hour-crash-in-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/91395\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic chaos as freeway emergency lanes blocked off by peak-hour crash in Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A crash on Mitchell Freeway has sparked peak-hour traffic chaos, with multiple northbound lanes blocked and traffic slow on approach to Hay Street in the Perth CBD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police and a towing service are at the scene of the crash, which was reported just after 7.30am on Wednesday, with motorists warned to expect delays and proceed with caution.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4869dd1e40ec5fb04796ec3d01049d2aa1183380.jpg\" alt=\"A multi-car accident on Mitchell Freeway near the Hay St overpass this morning caused peak hour chaos Picture: Andrew Ritchie\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconA multi-car accident on Mitchell Freeway near the Hay St overpass this morning caused peak hour chaos Andrew Ritchie Credit: Andrew Ritchie\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It urged drivers to exercise caution in the area, with traffic cameras showing drivers crawling past the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">St John Ambulance was called to the incident but no one needed to be taken to hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">It comes as several breakdowns add to the morning traffic headaches across the metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A vehicle has broken down on the Tonkin Highway northbound at Dunreath Drive near Perth Airport, blocking the right emergency lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Motorists are also out of their vehicles at the scene, with traffic busy through the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A separate breakdown on the Kwinana Freeway northbound at Farrington Road in North Lake has blocked the left emergency lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Main Roads warned motorists to take care, with traffic already heavy in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crash on Mitchell Freeway has sparked peak-hour traffic chaos, with multiple northbound lanes blocked and traffic slow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[335,2223,464],"class_list":["post-91395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91395","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=91395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}