The snow storm has moved away over the Baltic Sea on Friday morning, where Öland and Gotland may get a last bit of precipitation, which will turn into rain due to the above-average temperatures. However, there is still a risk of slipping.
It's around zero so it could freeze solid quickly. People should continue to take it easy in traffic, says Daniel Mossberg, press communicator at the Swedish Transport Administration.
More snow than expected
On Thursday, the snowfall was heavier than expected. In parts of Kalmar County and southern Sweden, up to half a meter of snow fell. The Swedish Transport Administration had prepared for 15 centimeters.
"We predicted there would be less snow than there actually was," says Mossberg.
According to him, the Swedish Transport Administration follows forecasts from SMHI.
That's what we have to do together with various weather stations, he says.
We also have continuous meetings with SMHI when these types of events occur. It's not like we just go to their website.
Several accidents
Reports of accidents and traffic problems in southern Sweden poured in on Thursday. The worst was in Skåne with ten accidents overnight and Friday morning. In Kronoberg County there were no accidents, in Blekinge one and in Kalmar three during the morning.
In Skåne, traffic along the E22 and E6 was paralyzed by the heavy snowfall.
The situation improved after midnight, but the E6 still had to be temporarily closed just before 2 a.m. due to a single-vehicle accident south of Löddeköpinge, reports Sydsvenskan .
On Friday morning, a bus crashed into a bridge pillar in Malmö. Several people are reported to be injured. The rescue service tells Sydsvenskan that passersby saw the bus skid and then crash into the bridge pillar.
Stuck for hours
Roxy Knudsen was one of those who got stuck outside Landskrona on Thursday and she tells Dagens Nyheter how people in the queue in front of her left the bus they were on and continued on foot.
"There has to be something you can do when people have been sitting in their cars for over four hours. Many people don't have water and I have a dog with me in the car myself," she tells DN.
The rescue services have used tracked vehicles to rescue stranded motorists, including along the E6 outside Landskrona.
