The traffic disaster at Breda took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1990. At 9 o'clock there were crowded fogs over the A16 between the Moerdijkbruggen and the Belgian border. A police control mat in the morning at the Princeville Road Restaurant speeds of well above 130km / h.
At 9.10 it was wrong on the western lane of the A16 towards Antwerp, just before the exit Rijsbergen. In a suddenly rising fog, a trailer with trailer fails hard. Rear cars hit the combination, which was across the road. Almost immediately there is also the eastern lane towards Rotterdam the scene of colliding cars and lorries. At 9.20, traffic in both directions had come to a halt in the fog. In the ravage there was a fire.
101 vehicles were involved in the chain collision, including a tank truck with sulfuric acid and a non-degassed xylene tanker. 8 people died, 27 injured injuries. Also see
On the 25th of August 1972, the traffic jam at Prinsenbeek took place on the same road area of the A16, also in close fog.
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