Bulgaria’s road death toll in first 10 months of 2024 is 376
A total of 376 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and October 31 2024, according to provisional figures posted on November 1 by the Interior Ministry.
This is 77 fewer than at the same time last year, the Interior Ministry said.
There were 6036 accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in the first 10 months of 2024 in which people died or were injured.
Apart from the dead, 7599 people were injured, the ministry said.
In October 2024, there were 624 accidents on Bulgaria’s roads, leaving 37 people dead and 776 injured.
Bulgaria had the highest road fatality rate in the European Union in 2023, the European Commission (EC) said on October 10, citing final official figures.
Bulgaria’s 2023 road fatality rate was one per cent lower than in 2022, was 16 per cent lower than in 2019 and 18 per cent lower than the country’s 2017-2019 average.
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