Parity
David Saint Sernin
Published July 10, 2026 at 3:55 pm; updated July 10, 2026 6:50 pm.
Smart Bison saw red on the roads of Haute-Garonne this Friday, July 10, 2026, and I was right. By mid-day, difficulties had already accumulated between Toulouse and Narbonne due to numerous vacation trips. This will continue throughout this weekend. Especially on Saturday, since Occitanie is in the red zone in the departure direction. Vinci highway In particular, particularly heavy traffic is expected in the morning and afternoon. Follow live situation:
19:25. Accident on A61
The accident occurred on the A61 highway in Labastide-d’Anjou. It involved three cars traveling in the direction of Toulouse towards Narbonne in the left lane. It creates a seven-kilometer traffic jam between Avignon Lorage and Labastide d’Anjou.
18:45. There is always a big traffic jam in Carcassonne, another one in Loraga.
On the A61 to go towards the Mediterranean Sea, The journey between Toulouse Sud and Narbonne takes 1 hour 55 minutes.or 45 minutes more than usual. You will have to drive through some big traffic jams.
The largest of them still paralyzes traffic near Carcassonne, in the direction of Toulouse towards Narbonne (west-east). It stretches for 8 kilometers. between Carcassonne and Fonties-d’Aude on the A61 motorway. according to Bison Fuete.
In parallel, along the same A61 motorway and in the same direction (west-east, Toulouse towards Narbonne), traffic jam for almost 5 kilometers observed between Avignon Lorage and Montferrand.
18:30. The situation is improving in Toulouse
In Toulouse, on the outer ring road towards Bordeaux, “the situation is improving,” according to Vinci Autoroutes. The journey between Toulouse South and Toulouse North takes less than 20 minutes: “The traffic is gradually becoming smoother, of course the journey takes 8 minutes longer than usual, but the trend is improving.”
Video: currently on Actu
Traffic also becomes busier south of Toulouse.
17:34. Good traffic jam in Castelnaudary
A traffic jam 3.5 km long has formed in Castelnaudary.
17:00. Travel time is getting longer
Now the journey from Toulouse to Narbonne takes 1 hour 40 minutes.
16:30. There are already three slowdown zones on the A61
At 16:30 Bison Futé are our three separate slow zones between Toulouse and Narbonne. And the hype hasn’t started yet.
Around 16:30, Bison Futhe noticed three separate slowdown zones between Toulouse and Narbonne. (© Bison Futhe)
16:17. It’s loaded in Toulouse
On the Vinci Autoroutes cameras we can easily see that traffic is loading at the Toulouse-Labege toll barrier.
Transport is busy southeast of Toulouse, towards Narbonne. (©Screenshot Vinci Autoroutes)
15:28. Between Toulouse and Narbonne there are already 17 km of traffic jams
“Crossing Carcassonne is a problem. It takes another 30 minutes to connect Narbonne with the Rose City,” points out Vinci highway.
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