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Perth traffic: Crash, breakdown close lanes on Tonkin Highway, crash on Hutton St during Thursday peak hour

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A crash on Tonkin Highway at Perth Airport has closed a lane during a chaotic Thursday afternoon peak hour.
Camera IconA crash on Tonkin Highway at Perth Airport has closed a lane during a chaotic Thursday afternoon peak hour. Credit: Main Roads WA

A crash on Tonkin Highway southbound at Perth Airport closed a lane during a chaotic Thursday afternoon peak hour.

The crash was located at Dunreath Drive and was reported at 3.57pm.

Ambulances and towing services were on the scene.

The left lane was completely blocked, causing heavy congestion for commuters.

The crash has since been cleared.

A breakdown on Tonkin Highway southbound is also causing traffic headaches for commuters heading home.

The breakdown is located at Great Eastern Highway in Ascot and was reported by Main Roads at 4.33pm.

The right lane is completely blocked by the incident.

Main Roads again warned drivers to exercise extreme caution.

A crash on Hutton Street westbound n Osborne Park has also been reported at 4.55pm.

The crash was located at Collingwood Street.

There was debris across all lanes and police, ambulance, and towing services were reported on the scene.

The crash has since been cleared.

Earlier, another crash closed the right lane of Tonkin Highway northbound in Kewdale.

The crash, located at Kewdale Road, was reported by Main Roads at 4.02pm.

The crash has since been cleared.

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