Warning of smoothness: the resin becomes a slide in winter chaos!

On January 9, 2025, the police warned of dangerous road conditions in the Harz. Snowfall and fog affected the view of the drivers in the Harz district on Thursday morning. The increase in the ice slid quickly turned the streets into a slide. There were restrictions on the B244 between Wernigerode and Elbingerode, since a cross -like truck blocked both lanes due to the smoothness. The traffic could hardly happen, but has now been cleared, so that the road has been released again and the traffic can flow, such as Volksstimme reported.

In the past few hours, snow showers and roads of road have led to numerous traffic accidents in Germany. The German Weather Service (DWD) warned for the weekend of smooth roads and an increased risk of accidents. During the night, there was some snow showers in the north and in the middle of Germany. The weather-related accidents already occurred on Friday, with the authorities in Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein, Thuringia, Hamburg and Bremen reported on an increase in traffic accidents. There were around 80 smoothly accidents in Bremen within a few hours. A particularly serious incident occurred on the A1 near Sittensen, in which hundreds of trout and four people were injured. In Lower Saxony, the Braunschweig police recorded over 110 traffic accidents within just eight hours, such as Tagesschau reported.

Numerous accidents in several federal states

In the district of Stade, at least five people were slightly injured in several accidents. A taxi driver came off the street at Kammerbusch and injured himself and two passengers. The A26 was closed for an hour because of a collision of four cars. There were also several smooth accidents in Thuringia. In Sonnefeld, Bavaria, a car crashed into a house wall, with all four occupants suffering injuries. The vacant house had to be secured with a support structure.

For the night of Sunday, the DWD also warned of precipitation, which could cause black ice as freezing rain. Travelers at Frankfurt Airport have to expect failures and delays on Sunday, especially in the morning. Passengers were pointed out to plan more time for arrival and to check the flight status. Several flights have already been painted for black ice at the capital airport BER; From 9 p.m. on Friday there were no more landings approved. A total of 30 flights were affected on the BER, with 17 departures painted on Saturday until noon.