Videos Show Accidents On Slippery NJ Roads In Winter Weather

The winter weather continued to make a mess of things in New Jersey on Tuesday and videos showed drivers struggling to make it through the rain, snow and sleet.

Roads were getting more slippery and speed restrictions remained in place during the afternoon commute. A commercial travel ban remained in place on state highways.

The State Police said they had more than 100 accidents statewide by 12 noon, and they made more than 200 assists (see list of road conditions below).

Here is an accident in the Edison area at milepost 85.5 on the New Jersey Turnpike:

Here is an accident that happened on Route 295 in Mount Laurel – after the road was plowed:

NBC4 New York reported that six accidents happened within a 15-mile stretch on the Garden State Parkway:

A number of accidents were reported in South Brunswick:

At least one school has changed its schedule for Wednesday already, and more could follow if the freezing rain and snow continue to make roads slick. Read more: New Jersey School Closings/Delays List For Monday, Tuesday And Wednesday.

NJ DOT has reported several incidents on I-80 in Morris County. Read more: Multiple Incidents On Rt. 80 During Snow, Ice Storm

An accident was holding up traffic on Route 1. Read more: Multiple Accidents So Far On Rt. 1, Garden State Parkway

A truck that was violating the travel ban got into trouble, and caused problems on the roadways. Read more: Jack-Knifed Tractor Trailer On I-295 In Mercer County

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Flooding was also reported in Ocean City and other parts of the Jersey Shore.

The state has reduced its snow estimates even though at least 4 inches of snow have fallen in parts of New Jersey since Monday. Read more: New Jersey Snow Totals, Town-By-Town, For Monday And Tuesday

Gov. Phil Murphy declared a state of emergency and closed all state offices as a winter storm warning remains in effect for Sussex, Passaic, Morris, Somerset, Hunterdon and Warren counties while a winter weather advisory was declared for the rest of the state, except for Cape May County.

The state of emergency was declared for a system that could bring moe snow and ice and cause power outages and messy roads on Tuesday evening (see snow estimates below).

"It's going to be a mess pretty much everywhere," Murphy said.

The declaration means that the state will deploy extra resources to make sure that the roads are clear and safe on Tuesday. Murphy did encourage people to stay off the highways and a travel ban was declared for commercial vehicles on state roadways.

Here are the alerted areas:

Video and photo courtesy of Carl K. Sylvester