Overview
- Old Year’s morning brought multiple vehicles into waterways on slick roads, including a car and later a police car sliding into a ditch in Rijswijk, a car te water in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel, and a van with trailer off the road in Zoelen.
- Overnight, dozens of small fires were reported, with about twenty callouts in the Bommelerwaard and separate blazes involving cars, containers and a scaffold in places such as Rijswijk, Ede, Apeldoorn, Ugchelen, Utrecht and De Meern; several cases are under police investigation.
- The Veiligheidsregio Utrecht reiterated that 112 is for life‑threatening emergencies only, directing non‑urgent fire or nuisance reports to 0900‑0904 during the peak holiday period.
- Authorities stepped up fireworks enforcement, with police seizing 130 kilograms of illegal fireworks in Honselersdijk as Utrecht region updates noted hundreds of kilos confiscated in recent weeks, including 165 kilograms in Amersfoort.
- Weather disruptions persisted with KNMI warnings for local icy patches and reduced morning rail service between Amersfoort Centraal and Barneveld Zuid due to frost on overhead lines.