Serious accident on the Engelberg tunnel: traffic jam on the A81 up to 50 minutes!

Serious accident on the Engelberg tunnel: traffic jam on the A81 up to 50 minutes!

Leonberg, Deutschland - An accident on the A81 towards Leonberg caused considerable traffic jams this morning. As the Ludwigsburg Süd and the Leonberg triangle were up to 50 minutes.

in front of the Engelberg tunnel, very close to the Gerlinger Höhe car park, at least one person was injured and two vehicles had to be towed because they were no longer ready to drive. The police were unable to provide precise information about the course of the accident in the morning, but the road is now passable.

delays on other routes

But not only at the point of the accident, it is chaotic. There are currently several traffic jams on the A81. Between the receiving and Rottenburg there is a length of 14 minutes due to a lying down vehicle over a length of 8.7 kilometers, such as the Stammelder-card . It also jams between Villingen-Schwenningen and Bad Dürrheim; Here it is 5.2 kilometers with a loss of time of 6 minutes. At Böblingen/Sindelfingen, towards Stuttgart, there is also dense traffic, due to a construction site, with a delay of 3 minutes.

The traffic service currently also reports smaller traffic jams and construction sites for other sections of the A81 that slow down traffic. The high time losses could put a lot of strain on many commuters today.

buildings and traffic jams on the A81

In addition, there are currently 67 construction sites on the A81. These construction work extends between Singen and Stuttgart as well as Stuttgart and Heilbronn, many of them bring speed limits and restrictions on the passage. These measures should continue until December 31, 2025, as is also noted in the current traffic reports.

It is no secret that the A81 motorway, which extends from Würzburg-West to Gottmadingen, is an important transport connection. The motorway network in Germany has a total length of almost 13,000 kilometers, and the A81 is a significant part of it. The density of road traffic should not be underestimated - accidents, construction sites or simply lively traffic are often responsible for traffic jams. This is underpinned by data from the page of the page stau.info that illuminate the problem of traffic jams nationwide.

drivers are advised to find out about the current traffic situation and possible detours before driving on the A81 in order to be relaxed.