Overview
- The German Weather Service issued Sunday morning alerts for slick conditions across nearly the entire country, with a marked ice risk flagged for parts of central Germany due to freezing rain.
- Overnight into Sunday, police logged dozens of crashes in Saxony, and two young men were seriously injured in a rollover near Schenklengsfeld in northern Hesse.
- Saturday brought a major spike in incidents, including 565 reported crashes in Berlin and a multi‑vehicle collision on the A1 near Wildeshausen that left multiple people injured.
- Several Berlin hospitals in the Johannesstift Diakonie network reported emergency departments, operating rooms and intensive care units near critical capacity after a surge of fall‑related fractures.
- Police and emergency services urged drivers to limit travel, increase following distance and adjust speed to the ice, while some local transport was curtailed such as a temporary suspension of bus service in Potsdam.