Snow chaos in Germany: dozens of accidents through smoothness and fresh snow!

Winter weather has led to a number of traffic accidents in Germany. Regions in Hesse and Bavaria were particularly affected. According to a report by Welt , 23 accidents were counted in Middle Hesse, in which five road users were slightly injuries have suffered. There were no serious injuries. In northern Hesse, the authorities also reported several lights, while in Gilserberg (Schwalm-Eder-Kreis) several trucks got stuck in the snow without harming people.

in Bavaria there was three accidents on Autobahn 9 on Wednesday evening, in which a 27-year-old woman was slightly injured. Her vehicle slipped on Schneglatter Straße and crashed into the guardrail. According to Mittelbayerische , two drivers were also taken to the hospital in Lower Bavaria after a 59-year-old was in a curve. Also in Swabia, mirror-smooth roads led to two accidents on Thursday morning, including a 21-year-old who overturned her car, but was unharmed.

weather conditions and forecast

The weather conditions calmed down in West Germany during the night, while several accidents were reported in Trier. In the early morning, the situation in the Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland regions was largely quiet. The German Weather Service (DWD) expects frost and smoothness again for Thursday, with new snow, which is moving from the west. Especially in the eastern half of North Rhine-Westphalia and southern Lower Saxony, up to 8 cm of fresh snow are expected in low mountain ranges up to 15 cm.

The temperatures are reached up to 6 degrees in the north and up to 14 degrees in the south. In Middle Franconia, twenty traffic accidents were also reported on Wednesday evening, in which some people were slightly injured. Further difficulties in road traffic can therefore be expected throughout Germany, since the winter conditions are.