Friday, February 28, 2025

Why The Traffic Was So Horrendous On The N1 Into Cape Town This Morning [Video]

My condolences to anybody heading into the city this morning on the N1 this morning.

[imagesource: Twitter / @CapeTownFreeway]

My condolences to anybody heading into the city this morning on the N1 this morning.

There you are, stoked it’s Friday and counting down the hours until freedom and you’re hit with gridlocked traffic.

Bright and early this morning, a multi-vehicle pile-up caused the temporary closure of the N1 highway.

In total, it’s estimated that there were 13 cars involved in a collision which started with a jackknifed truck.

City of Cape Town Traffic Services spokesperson Kevin Jacobs told News24 that the N1 inbound was initially closed at Mike Pienaar Boulevard, but was later reopened to motorists.

Video from the scene was also shared:

Traffic-monitoring accounts on Twitter have shared updates throughout the morning:

It appears the worst of the traffic is over but things are still a little backed up:

If you need an excuse to duck out of the office early it’s worth a shot.

It’s unclear whether anybody had been injured in the pile-up.

To make matters worse for commuters, another early-morning accident closed two lanes of the N2 outbound between Robert Sobukwe and Airport Approach roads.

[source:news24]