{"id":338010,"date":"2026-03-19T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/338010\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T20:55:08","slug":"car-flips-in-3-vehicle-crash-on-aucklands-northern-motorway-lanes-blocked-near-harbour-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/338010\/","title":{"rendered":"Car flips in 3-vehicle crash on Auckland\u2019s Northern Motorway, lanes blocked near harbour bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SH1 NORTHERN MOTORWAY, SOUTHBOUND \u2013 CRASH &#8211; 6:20AM, FRI 20 MARCH <\/p>\n<p>A crash is blocking two southbound lanes on the Northern Motorway just after the Onewa Rd off-ramp. Pass with care and expect delays. ^KF <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xLSV89y3RI\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xLSV89y3RI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NZ Transport Agency &#8211; Auckland &amp; Northland (@nztaaklnth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nztaaklnth\/status\/2034681540584538264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Police said they were called at 6.05am to the three-vehicle crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">There were no injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Two lanes were blocked however expected to be open shortly as police worked to clear the scene, a police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">A passing bus passenger told the Herald one of the vehicles was flipped over on its side and lying across a lane. Two other cars were in the bus lane. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">There were multiple police cars and fire trucks in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">Traffic is crawling past the scene with all motorway lanes backed up to Albany. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\">NZTA advised motorists to pass with care and expect delays. <\/p>\n<p class=\"LolVegRJp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Sign up to Herald Premium Editor\u2019s Picks<\/a>, delivered straight to your inbox every Friday. Editor-in-Chief Murray Kirkness picks the week\u2019s best features, interviews and investigations. Sign up for Herald Premium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SH1 NORTHERN MOTORWAY, SOUTHBOUND \u2013 CRASH &#8211; 6:20AM, FRI 20 MARCH A crash is blocking two southbound lanes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[153674,51,3952,28648,3951,1565,3944,3549,2837,24611,124645,20589,78,3950,1304,3945,3180,111,43,139,7977,69,90,21532,43395,46403],"class_list":["post-338010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-3vehicle","tag-auckland","tag-aucklands","tag-blocked","tag-blocking","tag-bridge","tag-car","tag-crash","tag-during","tag-flipped","tag-flips","tag-harbour","tag-in","tag-lanes","tag-morning","tag-motorway","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-northern","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-rush","tag-smash","tag-threevehicle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}