A collision between a van and a truck at the 138th kilometre near Velké Meziříčí closed the D1 motorway in the direction of Prague at around 4:45 on 2 November 2026. According to regional police spokeswoman Dana Čírtková, one person from the van was injured, and breath tests of both drivers were negative. All components of the integrated rescue system were at the scene [1][2].
A helicopter landed at the site, took over the injured person and left before 6:00 [2]. The motorway was completely impassable for about an hour, and shortly after 6:00 traffic began to move in one lane. According to the Ředitelství silnic a dálnic, the queue before the lane was opened reached a length of more than ten kilometres [2].
According to information from the police and the Ředitelství silnic a dálnic, drivers could avoid the queue by leaving the motorway at the 141st kilometre near Velké Meziříčí and rejoining the D1 seven kilometres further on, near Měřín [1].
Chronology
- — A collision between a van and a lorry closed the D1 motorway in the direction of Prague near Velké Meziříčí at about 4:45; one person was injured, and before one lane was reopened the queue was more than ten kilometres long. Novinky.cz Jihlavská Drbna
Sources
- Novinky.cz — 2 November 2026
- Jihlavská Drbna — 2 November 2026