There were 19 road crashes across Londonderry and Strabane, as freezing weather conditions descended overnight
"The department salts around 7,000km of road - that equates to about 25% of the entire road network, but it carries 80% of the traffic.""The gritters were out from 15:00 yesterday, in the north west they went out again after 20:00 after the snow showers and again at 02:00 this morning. There's plenty of salt on the road, but salt needs traffic to activate it, so I expect that the roads will clear.
The department said 5,500 salt bins and 58,000 grit piles were available for use by the public on a self-help basis. It added that despite its best efforts it could not guarantee ice-free roads even after salting. It urged road-users to be mindful of the changing conditions and take care while travelling.
"The best advice is in the Highway Code, take extra care even if roads have been salted, be prepared for road conditions changing over short distances and take care when overtaking gritters," its statement read.Paddy Canning, a safety officer with Derry City Football Club, said it took almost two hours to travel from Dungiven to Derry on Monday night.
"It took me an hour and ten minutes just to travel probably a kilometre from the new temporary road," he told BBC Radio Foyle.ICE and SNOW warning in place this morning. Many more places likely to see a snow shower through the day.
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