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Car crash slows rush-hour traffic on Highway 101 in SLO County

A two-vehicle crash slowed traffic on Highway 101 through SLO County on April 23, 2026.
A two-vehicle crash slowed traffic on Highway 101 through SLO County on April 23, 2026.

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A two-vehicle crash slowed rush-hour traffic through San Luis Obispo County on Thursday evening.

The crash occurred on southbound Highway 101 near the Grand Avenue offramp in Arroyo Grande around 5:04 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol Traffic Incident Information Page.

Two vehicles were involved, the page said, with one sustaining moderate front-end damage and another sustaining rear-end damage.

The Caltrans QuickMap showed that traffic was still slow in the area as of 5:36 p.m.

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Sadie Dittenber
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Sadie Dittenber writes about education for The Tribune and is a California Local News Fellow through the UC Berkeley School of Journalism. Dittenber graduated from The College of Idaho with a degree in international political economy.
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