Two serious accidents on the A4 near Dresden: traffic jams that last for kilometers!

Two serious accidents on the A4 near Dresden: traffic jams that last for kilometers!

On Tuesday morning, two serious accidents occurred on the A4 near Dresden, which not only caused significant traffic delays but also caused injuries. The incidents led to complete closures and kilometer-long traffic jams in both directions. The diversion in particular will be a test of patience for drivers. How Sächsische.de reports, the first accident occurred when a truck crashed into a truck in front, resulting in the left and middle lanes being blocked. At least one person was injured.

A little later there was another incident in the direction of Dresden between Wilsdruff and the Dresdner Tor Süd service area, in which two vans collided. However, details about possible injuries are not yet known. Drivers are urged to avoid the area as the risk of traffic jams and accidents is high in this section.

Current traffic jam situation

Loud staumelder-24.de There is medium traffic volume across the entire area on the A4 with over 50 current traffic jam reports. The construction site area is known to be an accident hotspot, and the work that has been carried out, which has affected up to 8.2 kilometers of the road in the direction of Chemnitz since the end of March, has only worsened the situation.

A drastic event occurred on April 26th when a 16-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in an accident. The young driver was unable to brake in time after colliding with a Mercedes and fell. Loud Day24 She was taken to the Dresden-Friedrichstadt Municipal Hospital in the “Christoph 38” rescue helicopter. Fortunately, the others involved in the accident were uninjured, but there was a traffic jam of around six kilometers and property damage of around 10,000 euros.

Traffic information and outlook

Cleaning work and unsecured accident sites on the A4 are currently a constant issue. As a rule, there are always traffic jams on this busy route, as monitoring of the traffic situation shows. At least all lanes on the A4 between Chemnitz and Dresden have now been cleared after slowing down for cleaning work on the evening of June 16th.

With the continuous expansion and maintenance of this important traffic artery, it is hoped that things will improve in the future, but given the frequent disruptions, it remains to be seen how the situation on the A4 will continue. Whether construction sites or accidents, the A4 remains a central point in traffic. At 583 kilometers, it is also the fourth longest motorway in Germany and runs from the Dutch border to the Polish border in Görlitz.