Westbound Highway 1 looking west from the Clearbrook Road overpass (exit 87) in Abbotsford, as of 11:14 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Image Credit: DriveBC.)
Motor vehicle incident

Update: Traffic flowing on Hwy. 1 through Abbotsford again

May 12, 2026 | 11:38 AM

UPDATE, 12:07 p.m. Tuesday: DriveBC reported at 11:58 a.m. Tuesday that the westbound vehicle incident is no longer blocking all lanes before Mt. Lehman Road. Traffic is now able to pass.

A BC Highway Patrol spokesperson told Fraser Valley Today, “This is a group of fundraising cyclists from Montreal who are getting a police escort. Unfortunately it’s causing a delay on Highway #1 but apparently they’re moving relatively quickly.”

Original story: 

ABBOTSFORD – DriveBC is reporting at 11:31 a.m. Tuesday morning that all lanes of Highway 1 through Abbotsford are blocked due to a westbound vehicle incident.