Stau-alarm in Göttingen: This is how it is on our streets today!

Stau-alarm in Göttingen: This is how it is on our streets today!

Göttingen, Deutschland - On February 5, 2025, an overview of the current traffic situation in Göttingen, Northeim, Duderstadt and the Eichsfeld was published. In the reports, traffic jams, construction sites, accidents and delays are listed in detail on important routes. In particular, the A7 and A38 motorways as well as the federal highways B3, B241, B247 and B446 are affected. Like the Göttinger Tageblatt reported, speed controls are also announced in the districts of Göttingen and Northeim.

In addition to this information, the message includes an overview of current construction sites and diversions in Göttingen and the Eichsfeld. Special accident focuses in the Göttingen urban area are also mentioned. The data on traffic jams and disabilities come from TomTom, which uses GPS coordinates of millions of devices. Automatic data of around 80 million mobile phone devices and official road sensors are used, which are updated every five minutes. Other providers of traffic information are Google Maps, Apple cards and Garmin.

traffic disruptions and traffic jams in other regions

At the same time, the traffic situation in other regions also recorded considerable disorders. The Verikhahnen.de reported several traffic accidents and traffic jams on various motorways and federal roads. For example, traffic disruptions occurred on the B466 due to the inclusion of an accident, with both driving directions blocked.

In different cities, kilometers of traffic jams were also recorded. There was a 4 km long traffic jam on the A43 in the direction of Wuppertal between Sprockhövel and Kreuz Wuppertal-Nord and another 6 km long traffic jam on the A57 towards Cologne between Moers-Kapellen and Krefeld-Oppum. In addition, a danger from a dead animal on the road was reported on the A10 near Wildau. The message also includes numerous construction sites, unsecured accident sites and speed controls that are carried out in several regions.