Attention road users: code yellow due to slippery conditions due to frozen snow

The KNMI warns of slippery conditions throughout the country due to the remnants of snow. The slipperiness has disappeared for a while this afternoon, but it can also become treacherously slippery tonight and tonight due to freezing of wet road sections or snow remains.

The slippery conditions also cause delays in the morning rush hour, which is normally quite quiet on Friday mornings. On the A5 between Amsterdam and Hoofddorp there is a traffic jam of approximately 8 kilometers between the IJmuiden exit and the De Hoek junction around 7 a.m. due to an accident. One of the lanes is closed as a result. This causes a delay of about 50 minutes.

The A7 towards Zaanstad is also busy. The delay between Wognum and Purmerend-Noord is fifteen minutes.

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Around 1.30 am it became very slippery on the A4 near Badhoevedorp. The Drie Merenweg, N205, also turned into an ice rink. Around 4.15 am, a motorist crashed into the guardrail in Vijfhuizen. According to a witness, the driver suffered minor injuries, but did not have to go to hospital.

Many roads were gritted last night and this morning to prevent slippery conditions. Rijkswaterstaat sprinkles on the national highways. On the scatter map you can see what temperature the road surface is and where it has been spread.