{"id":724922,"date":"2026-06-09T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724922\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:16:11","slug":"perth-traffic-crashes-breakdowns-amd-pedestrian-incident-wreaking-havoc-on-roads-on-tuesday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/724922\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Crashes, breakdowns, amd pedestrian incident wreaking havoc on roads on Tuesday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A pedestrian incident closed a lane on Cecil Avenue southbound, with emergency services on the scene as commuters begin to head home for the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The incident was reported at 3.38pm and is located at Albany Highway in Cannington.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The right turning lanes were blocked by the incident, and ambulance and police were reported on site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A teenage girl was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with a minor leg injury, according to St John Ambulance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A breakdown on Thomas Street eastbound in Leederville also caused chaos as peak hour hits the city.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The breakdown was located at Railway Parade and was reported by Main Roads at 3.57pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The left lane was blocked by the breakdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Another breakdown on Wanneroo Road southbound has also been reported, at Reid Highway in Balga.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The left lane was blocked and traffic is slow leading up to the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Both breakdowns have been cleared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A crash on Tonkin Highway northbound was also reported, after Leach Highway in Cloverdale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Reported by Main Roads at 3.46pm, the crash closed the Highway\u2019s right lane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The crash has since been cleared, but traffic remains slow on approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A pedestrian incident closed a lane on Cecil Avenue southbound, with emergency services on the scene as commuters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724923,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,1191,45],"class_list":["post-724922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}