Bulgaria’s road death toll in first two months of 2025 is 55
A total of 55 people died in road accidents in Bulgaria in the first two months of 2025, the Interior Ministry said on March 1, citing provisional data.
This is five more road deaths than at the same time in 2024, the ministry said.
There were 803 road accidents in Bulgaria in January and February 2025 in which people died or were injured.
Apart from the death toll, a total of 990 people were 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.
