freezing rain black ice creating dangerous road conditions around edmonton mounties said poor road conditions and black eyes were factors in nearly 20 crashes on highways around edmonton thursday morning.by 6 am mounties had received 17 reports of ditched vehicles four multi-vehicle collisions on highways 16 43 770 to 779 and 22.rcmp said there had been no serious injuries and all crashes were related to black ice and poor driving conditions freezing rain alerts were issued for the metro region and areas near drayton valley vegerville smokey lake and witaskewind.81 point traffic through spruce grove wasn't moving faster than 30 kilometers per h more information about road closures caused by collisions can be found online