Farmers' uprising
Tuesday, 30 July 2024
On 1 April 2024 the vehicle recovery work in the NH132 (Amsterdam-West) IM district was taken over by two vehicle recovery companies from outside Amsterdam: ABC and Hoogwout Berging. ABC is a subsidiary of Hooikammer Autoberging in Staphorst. Hoogwout Berging is based in Oostzaan and Purmerend. In the district in question, this pair recorded an average response time of 6.23 minutes. That means that they were among the quickest recovery operators in the country.
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Baptism of fire
Tuesday, 16 July 2024
The first incident to be reported on the N434, the new and largely underground link between the A4 and A44 at Leiden, came in on 7 July. BRL, the local IM recovery operator, received the call-out at 2.37 am, to recover a broken-down car in the northbound tunnel bore at hectometre marker 5.2. Later that day, there were another two incident call-outs.
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Recovery companies on trunk road network in 2023 - 2026
Stichting Incident Management Nederland is responsible for the recovery of passenger vehicles on the Dutch main trunk road network. For that purpose, Stichting Incident Management Nederland collaborates closely with 51 qualified recovery companies. Below is a list of our contract partners for the contract period 1 October 2013 through to 31 March 2026.
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As quick as possible unhindered passage following an incident
The objective of Incident Management is to ensure that as quickly as possible following an incident, the trunk roads are once again clear for unhindered passage of traffic. The Stichting Incident Management Nederland (Incident Management Netherlands Foundation) was established to support road managers in their efforts in the field of incident management.
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