{"id":1032761,"date":"2026-08-30T10:16:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T10:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T10:16:30","slug":"perth-traffic-crashes-cause-massive-delays-on-tonkin-highway-and-roe-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1032761\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Crashes cause massive delays on Tonkin Highway and Roe Highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Two crashes on Perth\u2019s major highway network are causing traffic headaches for motorists on Sunday afternoon, with emergency crews responding to separate incidents near Perth Airport and Wattle Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The latest crash is on Tonkin Highway southbound at Horrie Miller Drive, near Perth Airport, where the right lane has been closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Main Roads WA said DFES Incident Response crews and police were at the scene, with traffic heavy on approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash is particularly likely to affect motorists travelling through the busy airport precinct, with drivers urged to slow down and use caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Meanwhile, another crash is causing delays on Roe Highway eastbound at Tonkin Highway in Wattle Grove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The left merge lane has been blocked and towing services are at the scene, with traffic also busy approaching the crash site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Motorists travelling through either area have been warned to expect delays and drive with caution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Main Roads WA\u2019s Travel Map provides live updates on crashes, road closures and other incidents across Perth\u2019s road network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two crashes on Perth\u2019s major highway network are causing traffic headaches for motorists on Sunday afternoon, with emergency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1032762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,50,14737,314,8632],"class_list":["post-1032761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117183944239232298","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}