Motorists have been warned after two close calls with ducklings and drivers in two days on busy Perth freeways.

Main Roads real time traffic coordinator John Venables said the good intentions of the public had led to the separation of the mother duck and her ducklings and caused a crash.

“We don’t encourage people, with all the best intentions, to get out of their vehicle and try and catch ducks on the freeway, we did have a minor crash as a result of this (above), of cars stopping, and the last thing we need is one of the motorists getting hit by a car and injured or, worse, killed … we put warning signs up to tell people to slow down,” he told Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast.

Driver herding ducks on the freeway this morning #perth pic.twitter.com/VMZU2wopdh

— Michael Genovese (@GenoveseMichael) October 12, 2022

Tap PLAY to hear Venables discuss today’s incident

Today’s freeway ‘duckastrophe’ came just a day after another close call on the Kwinana Freeway near Como.

DUCKS ON ROAD – COMO
KWINANA FREEWAY NORTHBOUND AFTER CANNING HIGHWAY
Right lane closed
Traffic management in place
Traffic heavy on approach proceed with cautionhttps://t.co/IqTmelK7XH #perthtraffic pic.twitter.com/kzmK4D8Ner

— Main Roads WA (@Perth_Traffic) October 11, 2022