{"id":457993,"date":"2025-09-28T13:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/457993\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:47:12","slug":"edinburgh-motorists-face-delays-of-45-minutes-after-city-bypass-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/457993\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh motorists face delays of 45 minutes after City Bypass crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A crash on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/traffic-and-travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:City Bypass;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">City Bypass<\/a> has led to delays of around 45 minutes on the off-slip junction at Baberton Junction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The incident was first reported by Traffic Scotland at around 12.25pm on Sunday September 28 which initially led to a partial closing of a westbound lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The disruption caused by the collision is understood to have been cleared however motorists have been warned to expect severe delays &#8216;on approach.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an update at 1.40pm, Traffic Scotland shared on X: &#8220;All lanes have now reopened on the Edinburgh City Bypass westbound towards Baberton, but severe delays of 45 minutes remain on your approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those planning on travelling along the route have been advised to check ahead before departing or use alternative routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b>Join<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">  <b> Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> <b>and get the latest news sent<\/b> <b>straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b> <b>Sign up for<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=52589817-5145-4bda-812c-35c36c95fb08&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live newsletters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> <b> Edinburgh Live newsletters <\/b> <\/a> <b>for more headlines straight to your inbox<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crash on the City Bypass has led to delays of around 45 minutes on the off-slip junction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[153501,748,153500,1102,23097,4884,712,19261,16,15,64697],"class_list":{"0":"post-457993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-baberton-junction","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-city-bypass","11":"tag-edinburgh","12":"tag-edinburgh-city-bypass","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-scotland","15":"tag-traffic-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-westbound-lane"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115282237633044947","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}