Bulgaria’s road death toll in first five months of 2026 is 169

A total of 169 people died in accidents on Bulgaria’s roads between January 1 and May 31 2026, according to provisional data posted by the Interior Ministry on June 1.

This is 21 more road deaths than the confirmed figure for the same time last year, the ministry said.

In the first five months of 2026, there were 2331 accidents on Bulgaria’s roads in which people died or were seriously injured. Apart from the dead, 2879 people were seriously injured.

In May 2026, there were 618 road accidents in Bulgaria, leaving 44 dead and 738 seriously injured.

As The Sofia Globe reported previously, Bulgaria is among five European Union countries on track to meet the target of reducing the annual number of deaths in road accidents by 50 per cent by 2030, but in 2025 had the highest road death rate in the EU, according to preliminary data posted by the European Commission (EC) on March 24.

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