Heavy rain and a string of accidents led to major congestion on the Dutch roads on Tuesday morning, and there were some 900 kilometres of jams at around 8am, motoring organisation ANWB said.

In total, commuter traffic was disrupted by 200 different jams, making Tuesday the worst morning rush hour of the year, the ANWB said.

‘People are not adapting their driving behaviour to cope with the weather and that is leading to problems,’ a spokesman said. The roads around Rotterdam and Breda were particularly bad.

Meanwhile, infrastructure minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has sent a report to parliament warning that commuters will have to get used to more jams in the years to  come.

Estimated driving times will rise up to 35% within the next five years because the growth in road capacity is not enough to cope with forecast increases in traffic volume.

The government’s mobility expertise institute expects the number of journeys made by car to go up 10% by 2023.

The government has allocated €19bn for improving the road network and adding 1,000 kilometres of new lanes to the country’s motorways.