Fleet ice warning: Chaos on Baden-Württemberg's streets on Sunday!

On Sunday, January 5, 2025, the German Weather Service (DWD) warned of Schlaceleis in many regions of Baden-Württemberg. The weather warning was particularly true for the cities of Stuttgart, East Württemberg, Neckar-Alb, Donau-Diller, Bodensee-Oberschwaben, Black Forest and Oberrhein. A low pressure area with a heat front initially caused snowfall that later passed into ice rain. During the day, a temperature increase was expected to up to 13 degrees.

The uncertainty about a return of the winter weather in the southwest remains. For Monday, January 6th, the DWD predicted temperatures between 11 and 15 degrees before cooling with maximum values between 3 and 8 degrees in the coming week. From Friday, January 10th, the temperatures are expected to drop to 0 to 1 degree, with possible snowfalls. There are also predictions of the American weather model that predict frosty values up to minus 20 degrees from mid -January.

accidents and impairments by black ice

originally announced winter weather led to numerous problems in the traffic sector on Sunday. Flight and rail travelers had to expect delays, such as Tageschau.de Many accidents were reported on the snow -covered streets, which mainly only resulted in sheet metal damage and minor injuries.

In Schutterwald, a man lost control of his pick-up and landed in the Schutter river, but was not injured. A police small transporter overturned on the A81, with five officers being slightly injured. The Constance police headquarters have reported a total of 28 weather -related accidents since midnight. In Mannheim there was also a rear -end collision with a patrol car, which luckily remained without injuries. In addition, a small van on the A8 had a collision with a winter service vehicle in which the passenger was slightly injured and a property damage of 40,000 euros was incurred.

In the Rems-Murr district, five accidents occurred with a slightly injured person, while in other circles such as Freudenstadt accidents also occurred due to black ice. The B28 between Kusterdingen and Tübingen was closed for several hours due to an accident. Two oncoming cars collided in Engstingen, luckily without injuries. The Freiburg police headquarters counted around 20 traffic accidents.

At the Stuttgart Airport there were delays due to the design of aircraft, with seven flights over an hour delay. In addition, three flights were canceled on Saturday evening for severe weather warnings. Deutsche Bahn recorded impairments in long -distance transport in the Frankfurt area, which, however, could be remedied around 12:30 p.m. Finally, the DWD picked up the severe weather warning for Baden-Württemberg, while stormy and hurricane-like gusts in the mountains were expected on Sunday afternoon.