To reduce the danger of accidents amid the deep winter fog, the Gautam Buddha Nagar Traffic Police issued an official traffic advise on Saturday, lowering speed restrictions on the district’s key expressways and roads.
These increased maximum speed restrictions take effect on December 15, 2025, and will stay in place until February 15, 2026. The mandatory reductions drastically reduced the average top limits, which are generally 100 kmph for light cars and 80 kmph for heavy vehicles on expressways.
Here are the altered speed limits:
Yamuna Expressway
Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) – 75 km/h
Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) – 60 kilometers per hour
Noida–Greater Noida Expressway
Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) – 75 km/h
Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) – 50 kilometers per hour
Noida Elevated Road
Light motor vehicles (LMVs) – 50 kilometers per hour
Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) – 40 kilometers per hour
The traffic police have encouraged all motorists to carefully comply to these temporary speed limitations for the sake of public safety during the difficult winter driving season.
Two separate, serious incidents recorded on Saturday on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in the Dadri police station area, both directly linked to thick fog conditions, highlighted the need for the additional limits.
The first incident included a pile-up of three automobiles on the Chakrasenpur overpass.
Poor visibility on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway caused a pile-up involving around 15 cars on Saturday morning, when dense fog covered the stretch and vehicles ahead halted, according to Hindustan Times.
Around 8.30 a.m., a vehicle driving towards Palwal from the Dasna side of the EPE halted owing to strong fog near Samadhipur hamlet.
“While the truck was driving slowly, another vehicle plowed into it from behind. When both cars engaged in the accident came to a halt to inspect the damage, another vehicle collided with them, and within a few minutes, up to 15 vehicles, including large and light vehicles, were involved in a chain collision,” an official told HT.
A second, much bigger collision resulted in a chain reaction, with almost a dozen cars crashing near the Samadhipur flyover.
Local police quickly reacted to both accident sites, attempting to take the damaged cars off the road and park them in secure, accessible areas.
“There were no injuries from these collisions, and traffic is moving regularly. Police are taking the necessary legal steps,” a spokeswoman stated.
