{"id":75052,"date":"2025-05-04T23:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/75052\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T23:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T23:45:09","slug":"edinburgh-drivers-warned-as-emergency-services-race-to-crash-near-queensferry-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/75052\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh drivers warned as emergency services race to crash near Queensferry Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emergency services have rushed to a collision near to Edinburgh’s Queensferry Crossing.<\/p>\n

Around 5.40pm on May 4, drivers were warned of the incident on the M90 Southbound JCT 1B. The route is currently restricted for weekend motorists.<\/p>\n

Drivers have been urged to approach with caution. It’s not yet known how many vehicles are involved.<\/p>\n

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A statement from Traffic Scotland reads: “#M90 Southbound JCT 1B.<\/p>\n

“The road is currently restricted southbound due to a road traffic collision. Approach with caution.”<\/p>\n

Join<\/b> Edinburgh Live’s Whatsapp Community here <\/b> <\/a> and get the latest news sent<\/b> straight to your messages.<\/b><\/p>\n

At 5.53pm, an updated statement reads: “The EXIT SLIP is currently CLOSED at Ferry Toll<\/p>\n

“Motorists are advised to use an alternative route at this time and expect delays.”<\/p>\n

Police Scotland have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services have rushed to a collision near to Edinburgh’s Queensferry Crossing. Around 5.40pm on May 4, drivers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75053,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,133,4884,27704,37063,37064,712,19261,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-75052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-emergency-services","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-publishing-services","13":"tag-queensferry-crossing","14":"tag-road-traffic-collision","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-traffic-scotland","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114452229356573964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75052","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=75052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}