Overview
- Traffic is forecast to peak on Friday and Saturday, 2–3 January, with a calmer pattern expected on Sunday.
- Hotspots include the regions around Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich, with heavy loads likely on corridors such as the A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A7, A8, A9, A10, A24, A40, A45, A61, A81, A93, A95 and the A99.
- Return flows from winter sports areas are set to strain Austria’s West-, Tauern-, Inntal- and Brennerautobahn as well as the Fernpass and Arlberg routes, Switzerland’s Gotthard and San-Bernardino axes, and Italy’s Brenner A22 and alpine valley approaches.
- Localized delays may arise from spot border checks at Suben (A3), Walserberg (A8) and Kiefersfelden (A93), Tirol’s winter detour bans and ongoing works like the Brenner Luegbrücke section, which remains temporarily two-lane.
- ADAC and ACE note fewer active construction bottlenecks over the holiday period, the Reschenpass remains open, and events such as the Four Hills Tournament in Innsbruck (4 Jan) and Bischofshofen (6 Jan) can add short-term surges on access roads.