SYRACUSE -- Cold and slippery roads led to numerous accidents in Central New York Tuesday morning.  Sunny skies were misleading to many drivers. 

The Syracuse Police Department responded to 146 accidents between 6:00-11:00 a.m. All the accidents appeared to be minor, and no injuries were reported.  The majority of accidents were caused by slippery pavement and unsafe speed.  Sgt. Gary Bulinski says several officers were pulled from other places, including the Syracuse school district to get the job done.

One accident involved a parked police vehicle which was intentionally blocking the intersection of Midland Ave. and Ballantyne Rd. while investigating another accident.  A car slid into the police car, causing minor damage.

The Syracuse Department of Public Works had 14 trucks out overnight salting the roads, but they faced a challenge.

"We had opened up our main and secondaries and had moved onto our residential areas, and then things started to freeze on our mains, and we had to re-address those," says Tom Simone, deputy commissioner of public works. 

Simone says, despite the busy winter, the DPW still has enough salt to protect the roads. 

The slippery roads also meant a busy day for body shops.  Nick Orso's body shop had about seven cars come in today.  Company President Mike Orso says the rest of the winter has been similar.

"The snow, the meltdowns, and freeze-ups...on and off for the past couple months have caused people not to be prepared," he says.

Chuck Taylor's body shop in Liverpool is also seeing a spike in business this year.

"It's been going pretty much non-stop since the first snowfall," says Brandon Taylor.

The body shops say they have seen a lot of damage caused by people driving too fast and sliding off the road.  They say their best advice is to slow down and practice winter driving in an area where there aren't a lot of cars before going on busy streets.