Slippery roads in Lower Saxony: chaos and injuries after accidents!

Slippery roads in Lower Saxony: chaos and injuries after accidents!

After a severe frost, the slippery conditions on the roads in northern Germany caused a series of traffic accidents. Numerous accidents that were caused by slippery roads were reported in Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg. According to [stern.de]. Five people suffered minor injuries. The conditions were so bad that even rescue workers had difficulty reaching the scene of the accident.

A 43-year-old driver skidded due to inappropriate speed and crashed into the center guardrail. In another incident, a 54-year-old braked sharply, resulting in a collision with a 53-year-old. A 37-year-old driver in Schwaförden, Diepholz district, also left the road on a slippery road and hit the side of a tree, but was only slightly injured. In Lastrup, a young mother also overturned her car; Fortunately, her eight-month-old baby was unharmed.

Slippery warnings

The weather forecasts from the German Weather Service (DWD) promise a significant risk of further slippery roads next night. Temperatures could drop to as low as minus seven degrees, bringing with them the risk of freezing rain. Already on Saturday night, drivers in northern Germany had to be careful after ground frost led to an increase in accidents in many regions, as tagesschau.de reported. Over two dozen accidents have been reported in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, most of which luckily ended lightly.

There were 24 accidents each in the Hanover and Oldenburg police departments. Particularly in Hamburg, where the roads were slippery at times, the fire brigade was deployed on 87 missions due to the slippery conditions. The A2 near Hanover was also affected; Here, drizzle caused some critical situations. Meteorologist Kent Heinemann explains that snow and freezing rain will also move in from the southwest from Sunday night and could further aggravate the situation in terms of the risk of new accidents.

A look at the numbers

An overview of the accidents shows the enormous danger caused by the slippery conditions:

Although friendlier weather is forecast for Sunday, the DWD warns that the risk of black ice will remain until the new week. For many drivers, this continues to mean increased caution. Anyone traveling by car should be aware that the roads can be dangerous everywhere. What it looks like meteorologically remains exciting and we will see whether the weather forecast can keep up with reality, as n-tv reports.