Traffic police secured safe passage for stranded vehicles on an icy highway in northern China.

The video was filmed in Pingyang City in Shanxi Province on December 13.

Traffic police from the Shanxi Highway Patrol Sixth Team Fourth Squadron, along with officers from the Hebei Xibaipo Highway Patrol, used a convoy of patrol cars to lead the more than 1,700 stranded vehicles on an icy road on Beijing-Kunming Expressway.

The convoy, stretching about 6 kilometres, was escorted by joint efforts of traffic police from the two provinces. All vehicles were safely escorted from the Hebei Jingxingbei Service Area to the Shanxi Dongliang Toll Station, covering a distance of over 80 kilometres.

Subsequently, the convoy was handed over to the Shanxi Highway Patrol First Team Seventh Squadron to complete the escort relay.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

近日，京昆高速山西平阳段持续降雪，道路结冰，不具备通行条件。12月13日下午，京昆高速山西方向325公里处有1700余辆车滞留。山西高速交警六支队四大队与河北西柏坡高速交警大队民警以警车压速带道的方式共同将滞留车辆带至山西。
途中，交警不断喊话提醒司机“不要超车、不要变道”。车队浩浩荡荡，绵延约6公里。两省交警合力护送所有车辆从河北井陉北服务区行驶至山西东梁收费站，共行驶80余公里。随后，车队移交给山西高速交警一支队七大队完成护送接力。