Very busy morning rush hour: traffic jams everywhere in Brabant

Around a quarter past eight in the morning, the longest traffic jam in our province was on the A2 from Den Bosch to Eindhoven. At that moment, traffic was at a standstill between Vught and the Ekkersweijer junction for a length of 23 kilometers, which caused a delay of more than half an hour. This traffic jam was a thing of the past at a quarter to nine.

The traffic on the A67 from Eindhoven to Venlo suffered the most delays. An accident happened near Asten around eight o’clock. The ANWB then warned of an hour and fifteen minute delay. The road was reopened at half past eight. Then the traffic jam length decreased to eight kilometers, good for just over half an hour’s delay from Geldrop. Traffic has been able to flow through here again since a quarter to nine.

It was also very busy here at a quarter past eight:

• A2 from Maastricht towards Eindhoven: seventeen kilometers of traffic jam between Weert-Noord and Leenderheide junction, causing almost forty minutes of delay. At a quarter past nine the delay here was still about forty minutes. The traffic jam was fourteen kilometers long at that time. Since half past nine, the delay has decreased to more than twenty minutes. There is still a traffic jam of thirteen kilometers.
• A16 from Breda to Rotterdam: eighteen kilometers of traffic jam from Breda-Noord to Dordrecht, causing a half-hour delay. Here the problems were a thing of the past at a quarter to nine in the morning.
• A27 from Breda towards Gorinchem: fifteen kilometers of traffic jam between Hooipolder junction and Avelingen industrial area, causing about half an hour’s delay. The biggest problems here have been over since a quarter to nine.
• The A27 from Breda to Gorinchem: seven kilometers of traffic jam between Geertruidenberg and Werkendam, causing more than forty minutes of delay. At Werkendam the left lane was closed after an accident around a quarter to nine. This led to a ten kilometer long traffic jam around half past nine. Then the delay was more than twenty minutes.
• A50 from Veghel towards the Ekkersweijer junction: eighteen kilometers, more than twenty minutes delay. Since a quarter to nine, the problems here have been a thing of the past.
• A58 from Bergen op Zoom towards Breda between Roosendaal-Oost and Breda-West: seventeen kilometers between Roosendaal-Oost and Breda-West, good for a half-hour delay. This file is now a thing of the past.
• A58 from Breda to Eindhoven: thirteen kilometers of traffic jam from Tilburg Centrum-Oost to Oirschot. The left lane has been closed here since half past eight following an accident. Traffic should take into account almost an hour’s delay, the ANWB reported at nine in the morning. The closed lane has been open since nine o’clock. At that time there was a traffic jam of eight kilometers from the De Baars junction, causing a delay of almost forty minutes. Traffic has been able to move through here again since half past nine.

• A4 from Rotterdam towards Antwerp: traffic jam between Bergen op Zoom-Zuid and Hoogerheide. The road has been closed there since nine o’clock after an accident and traffic is being diverted onto the hard shoulder. Around half past nine there was a four kilometer traffic jam, causing a delay of more than twenty minutes.

“We have the impression that traffic is doing its best to pay attention,” an ANWB spokesperson said. “There are fewer accidents than usual, and accidents due to slippery conditions hardly occur.”

Code yellow applies throughout the country on Monday and Tuesday. The KNMI warns that remnants of snow and new winter showers can cause locally slippery roads. Road users are warned to be prepared on the road and to keep an eye on weather reports and traffic information. They are also advised to adjust their driving behavior in slippery conditions.