Traffic on M50 northbound after Sandyford at a standstill due to overturned car

Traffic was down to one lane on the motorway, causing heavy tailbacks.

overturned car Dina Werstak / Twitter Dina Werstak / Twitter / Twitter

DELAYS ARE BUILDING on the M50 northbound just past Sandyford this evening, after an overturned car has closed the right and middle lanes.

AA Roadwatch is warning people to exercise caution on the roads, and only one lane was open to traffic for the past hour.

It is understood that there are delays from just past J13 Sandyford as far as back as the turn off for Kilternan.

No serious injuries have been reported.

@aaroadwatch m50 at j13 northbound still not moving at all. Chaotic - here for a while yet methinks....
— Vanessa (@lynch_vanessa) August 27, 2017

Vanessa / Twitter

Total M50 blockage NB at Dundrum. Nothing moving. Avoid.
— @sinead_ryan (@sinead_ryan) August 27, 2017

Sinead Ryan / Twitter

A breakdown southbound at Kilternan is also causing traffic disruption, blocking the right lane.

@aaroadwatch traffic almost standstill northbound on M50. 20mins so far hardly moved. pic.twitter.com/VkalgmLaJ8
— Ciarán (@ciaran_76) August 27, 2017

Ciarán McConville / Twitter

While the car has now been cleared, heavy traffic is set to persist for the time being.

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