Overview
- A severe frontal collision on the Rietweg between Biddinghuizen and Dronten involved a truck, a van and a car, left one driver critically injured, drew a trauma helicopter and closed the road segment.
- KNMI’s code yellow for slipperiness followed the season’s first night frost, with gritters out nationwide and hospitals treating cycling injuries including cases in Groningen and Wageningen.
- Rijkswaterstaat closes the A12 from Gouda to Zoetermeer toward The Hague from Friday 21:00 to Monday 05:00, directing traffic via the N11 or A20 and warning of 30–60 minutes of extra travel time.
- Fresh traffic incidents added delays Friday, including multi-vehicle crashes on the A2 and A27 near Utrecht, a three-vehicle collision on the A15 at Meteren and a car fire on the A50 at Paalgraven.
- Police handle concurrent cases: a Nijmegen flat explosion remains under investigation, two overnight car fires in Assen are being probed for arson links, a Crooswijk vehicle blast is under inquiry, the EOD neutralized crystallized chemicals at a Warffum school and a Rotterdam-Zuid drug lab was dismantled with two arrests.