Wednesday wet weather creates commuter chaos after multiple crashes across Brisbane

Multiple crashes across Brisbane have left commuters stuck traffic, delayed by up to 1.5 hours.

Brisbane motorists were stuck in traffic for up to 1.5 hours after numerous crashes in wet weather on Wednesday morning.

The Department of Transport and Main Roads recorded at least eight crashes by 8:30am.

Wet weather on Wednesday morning created commuter chaos as multiple crashes led to significant delays across Brisbane. Map: Google Maps Screenshot at 8:06am

A multi-vehicle crash on the M5 at Indooroopilly blocked the inbound right lane before the Jerrang St overpass leading to delays of 1h 25m at 8:15am.

Ensuing congestion on Centenary Mwy created a 50-minute trip travelling the 12.7kms from Richlands to Indooroopilly.

Wet weather on Wednesday morning created commuter chaos as multiple crashes led to significant delays across Brisbane. Photo: Dept. Transport and Main Roads.

Roads leading onto the motorway became choked as a result with 17-minute delays on Yallambee Rd, 10-minutes delays on Sinnamon Rd and nine-minute delays on Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd.

At 7:18am a vehicle and truck crash at the intersection of Acanthus St and Boundary Rd in Darra added to the delays, with Progress Rd at Oxley facing 13-minute delays and motorists on Blunder Rd facing eight-minute delays..

Queensland Ambulance Service said that two patients had been injured in the Darra crash with one person driven to the Princess Alexandra Hospital and one patient taken to the Mater Hospital, both in stable conditions, at 8:16am.