Thank you for all the messages and photos today of the bus which burst into flames on the busy East Kilbride expressway. Firefighters spent 90 minutes tackling the coach blaze on the A725 at High Blantyre, with the road being closed in both both directions for two hours. The fire also made National News. Thankfully, […]
A 30-year-old man is critically ill in hospital following a serious road crash on the A725 East Kilbride Expressway. At around 10.40pm on Saturday, 17th February 2024, a Bentley Continental GT car was travelling eastbound on the A725 when it appeared to lose control and struck the concrete barrier. The car and the barrier suffered […]
Please take care or avoid the EK Expressway. A vehicle has ended up on the central reservation on the A725, heading up to East Kilbride. As traffic builds just after 10am this morning, Tuesday 18th October , we’re awaiting further news. Hopefully everybody is ok, but perhaps best to avoid meantime.
It’s been another couple of worrying days at the High Blantyre sliproad as two cars on subsequent days were observed travelling UP the exit from the East Kilbride Expressway at the junction pictured. On Thursday 26th September one car was reported at Hamilton Road turning up on to the wrong direction of the sliproad. One […]
This was the dangerous scene today, Monday 2nd September 2019 just after midday as yet another driver drove up the wrong direction of the Expressway sliproad! This is clearly still happening often and we can’t begin to describe how dangerous it is for everybody involved. Cars coming off the EK Expressway had to brake hard […]
Please take care on the westbound A725 East Kilbride Expressway (heading up to EK) Opposite the High Blantyre slip, around 8pm this evening, Sunday 11 August 2019, a burgundy car came off the road and is amongst the trees. The location has a dip in the Expressway which is very badly flooded, perhaps contributing to […]
Heavy Traffic Please avoid the EK Expressway if you can. Shortly before 10am this morning, Tuesday 2 April 2019, a traffic incident occurred not far from Bothwell Bridge. It’s on the East Kilbride Expressway westbound at Bothwell, blocking the inside lane. Traffic is heavy on approach. Traffic Scotland initially reported an accident, but in the […]