Traffic at a standstill, queues of over 10km

With travel for April 25th upon us, the already congested traffic in highway he also has to deal with accidents. As it happened in A1at the height of Florence Impruneta, where following a collision between two car it’s a’ambulance The traffic went haywire, with queues over ten kilometers long.

The accident between a car and an ambulance on the motorway in Florence

It occurred around 5pm today – Wednesday 24 April 2024 – a accident on the A1 motorway, near Firenze Imprunetain a southerly direction.

According to the first information collected so far, the accident it involved three vehicles: two cars and an ambulance. The accident did not have serious consequences, and fortunately there were no injuries.

The section of the A1 motorway, near Firenze Impruneta, where the accident occurred between two cars and an ambulance following which traffic went haywire, with several kilometers of queues

However, the collision sent traffic on the route into a tailspin, which within a short time it became congested and grewforming queues that even exceeded ten kilometers in length.

The arrival of help on the A1

Following the accident, as communicated by Autostrade per l’Italia“medical and mechanical assistance, traffic police patrols and staff from the Florence 4th Section Directorate of Autostrade per l’Italia” arrived on the affected section of the A1.

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As mentioned in the accident, which occurred at km 291, in the stretch between the junction with the A11 and Firenze Impruneta towards Rome, There were no injuries, but traffic quickly worsened.

Following the intervention of the emergency services, two lanes were closed. The passing vehicles proceeded in a southerly direction they therefore circulated on a single carriagewaycausing a sudden increase in queues.

Traffic at a standstill, kilometre-long queues on the motorway

Following the accident, with the closure of a large part of the route to allow rescue operations, relief by the police and cleaning of the road surface, traffic increased to over 10 kilometers of queues.

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Given the heavy traffic, Autostrade per l’Italia advised users traveling to Rome “to take the A11 to exit at Firenze Ovest and return to Firenze Sud after having traveled along the external road system”.

However, within a few hours the accident was resolved, as communicated by the company that manages the route. Nonetheless, at the location of the event “currently there are traffic on three lanes and there is a 7km queuedecreasing, towards Rome”.

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