Four collision reports in two weeks at QEW and Appleby Line, Lokul's log shows

Drivers who use the Queen Elizabeth Way at Appleby Line in Burlington ran into four collisions on three different days over two weeks, according to Lokul's incident log, kept from police, fire and 511 Ontario reports. Two of them came during the afternoon rush on Monday, Nov. 9.

At 3:38 p.m., a crash on the Toronto-bound ramp at Appleby closed the right lane. Twenty minutes later, at 3:58 p.m., a collision on the Fort Erie-bound side, the direction toward Niagara, closed the left lane.

At 4:21 p.m., 511 Ontario, the province's road and traffic information service, reported a collision in the Fort Erie-bound HOV lane, the high-occupancy vehicle lane set aside for cars carrying passengers, with all lanes closed. The report doesn't make clear whether that was a new crash or a change to the earlier Fort Erie-bound one.

On Saturday, Oct. 31, a late-morning crash on the Fort Erie-bound side closed the left lane. The next afternoon, Sunday, Nov. 1, a collision in the Fort Erie-bound HOV lane closed all lanes.

At Walkers Line, the next interchange, Lokul's incident log lists three collisions on two days between Oct. 21 and Nov. 4. One of them, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, was in the Toronto-bound HOV lane and closed all lanes.

Drivers heading onto the QEW through Burlington can check current lane closures on 511 Ontario before they leave.