Snow, black ice and quite a few accidents | EUROtoday

As of: February 16, 2026 10:21 a.m

Icy roads, overturned vehicles: Accidents have occurred in a number of federal states after heavy snowfall. The Leverkusen Rhine Bridge on the A1 was quickly utterly closed.

Rose Monday started with snow and slippery situations in lots of elements of Germany – and precipitated quite a few accidents and site visitors jams. The busy Leverkusen Rhine bridge on the A1 needed to be quickly utterly closed to site visitors.

The motive: falling items of ice and a number of other accidents. Traffic has now been reopened.

Overturned van

There had been additionally disruptions on different roads: On the A45 close to Lüdenscheid in North Rhine-Westphalia, a van tipped to the aspect and remained on the snow-covered highway, and the driving force was taken to hospital with severe accidents. On the A1, a truck slipped in slippery situations, turned sideways and crashed into the central barrier. The motorway is totally closed within the path of Osnabrück between Bremen-Arsten and Brinkum.

In Bavaria, a truck on the A8 in the direction of Munich close to Irschenberg got here off the highway in slippery snow and slid down the embankment. He misplaced virtually his complete load: 18,000 of the 20,000 liters of liquid lime seeped into the bottom, the police mentioned.

Accidents and blocked roads

Two folks had been severely injured in an accident in Rhineland-Palatinate. Also in Rhineland-Palatinate, a truck blocked the B327 in the direction of Thalfang for a number of hours. It acquired off the snowy highway and acquired its entrance half caught within the ditch.

Caution can also be suggested within the coming hours: it is going to proceed to snow, particularly within the north. The German Weather Service (DWD) mentioned there was growing snowfall in northeastern Germany. In the west and southwest of the nation this turns into rain within the lowlands.

According to the DWD, there’s additionally a danger of slippery situations: rain is falling within the southeast and later from the North Sea to Saxony, a few of which freezes. In the excessive altitudes of the low mountain ranges there could be heavy showers or thunderstorms with as much as 5 centimeters of contemporary snow in a brief time frame. During the day, everlasting frost at minus 4 to 0 levels is anticipated east of the Elbe.