Weather | Heavy snowfall hit the Czech Republic: Snow complicates traffic

• Snowfall on New Year’s Eve in the afternoon and evening complicated traffic in many places. Many accidents happened on slippery and snowy roads.
• In Jihlava, three pedestrians were injured when a car ran into them and skidded.
• In the Central Bohemia region, buses had problems. Connections were getting delayed.
• Due to the warning of meteorologists who expect more snow and frost, road officials have closed the main road I/10 from Tanvald to Harrachov in Jabloneck and on to Poland for trucks.
• Drivers should be careful on the roads, road officials agree.
• Rescue workers in a number of places report an increased number of accidents.

During New Year’s Eve and night and the first day of the new year, it will continue to snow in the Czech Republic. Up to 15 centimeters of snow will fall on the mountains in the north. It is expected to snow heavily until the morning, among others, in the Trutnovsko and Rychnovsko regions. In addition, meteorologists expect strong winds, warn of the formation of snow tongues, and blizzards on the mountains.

Road workers have all the equipment in the field. Still, they urge caution. Apart from the main route to Poland, the third-class road from Mníšek via Oldřichov in Hájy to Raspenava and Hejnice to Liberecko remains closed to trucks, buses and cars will pass through it.

On the recommendation of the police, one side road in Litoměřick is also closed. Drivers have to take into account snow on the road, for example when driving along the main road through Červenohorské sedlo or through Ostružná, caution is in order there.

Heavy snowfall caused delays in about a dozen bus lines in the Central Bohemia region in the afternoon, some stops were temporarily canceledbuses temporarily did not reach some places at all.

In the Hradec Králové region, there have been a number of accidents on slippery roads. The slush after chemical treatment also covered the D11 highway this afternoon.

Three injured pedestrians in Jihlava

After a skid of a passenger car in Jihlava, they treated two slightly injured and one slightly injured pedestrian. In the afternoon in Kunčice nad Labem in Trutnovsk, the driver of a car crashed into a fence.

On the I/14 road near Černý Dol in the Krkonoše Mountains, the driver of a car ended up in a ditch and was injured. Four passenger cars collided near Chotěvice in Trutnovsk, one car crashed in Dolní Lánov.

After the accident of a passenger car on the I/35 road near Úlibice in Jičínsk, there was a shuttle traffic on the road. Firefighters also reported accidents near the village of Sedlec in the Třebíč region or near Šlapanov and Přibyslav in the Havlíčkobrod region.

Forecast for New Year’s Eve and New Year

The warning against strong winds and new snow cover is now valid from Wednesday 31/12/2025 11:00 a.m. to Friday 02/01/2026 22:00. “This warning modifies the territorial validity of the warning against strong winds especially in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, adds a warning against new snow in the Eagle Mountains and modifies the territorial and temporal validity of the warning against snow tongues in the northeast and east of the territory,” explained the ČHMÚ.

Wednesday through Thursday morning, according to meteorologists up to 10 cm of snow will fall in the north-west, north and north-east of Bohemia, in the Karlovy Vary Region and in the north-west windward of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, and around 15 cm of snow in the mountains. Most of them attack on Wednesday afternoon and evening.

During Wednesday afternoon, the wind will increase. “The combination of dusty snow and stronger winds will first lead to the formation of snow tongues in Bohemia, on Thursday morning gradually also in the northeast and east of the territory, especially from higher elevations, and later in the mountains, blizzards.” meteorologists warn.

The wind will decrease on Friday evening. “In the period from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon, the intensifying southwesterly wind will reach gusts between 15 and 20 m/s (55 and 70 km/h), especially in the southwestern half of Bohemia and in the northeastern part of the country,” the ČHMÚ warns.