The toll system in Bulgaria was introduced in January 2019. It replaced the existing paper vignette stickers that were previously needed for using the national road network. In 2020 the toll system for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes was introduced..
Clashes with police erupted during a protest in Aytos over an accident in which a truck crashed into a car, killing a father and two children and injuring a 17-year-old boy. Tensions escalated as a march of more than 1,000..
The Road Safety Institute in Bulgaria has sent a request to the President and the caretaker Prime Minister for immediate measures against road accidents. Among the institute's proposals is for the Interior Ministry to change traffic control from..
A new specialized police operation to control the observance of traffic rules by motorcyclists starts in Bulgaria tonight and will be in force until April 14, BGNES reported. On Saturday, April 10, the 2021 motorcycle season opens in many places across..
The region of Sofia has the highest road accident death rate in Bulgaria, followed by the towns of Lovech, Ruse, Varna and Plovdiv. The percentage is lowest in Pernik, Turgovishte, Yambol, Shumen and Gabrovo, indicates a risk assessment analysis for..
4,916 major traffic accidents have occurred on the territory of the country in the period from the beginning of the year up until 31 October, in which 381 people have been killed and 6,143 injured. Compared to the same period of 2019 the number of..
“Absolutely nothing is being done for traffic safety in Sofia, and the loss of life in road accidents has gone up 100% in the past two years,” said Bogdan Milchev, director of the Road Safety Institute for the BNR. In his words Sofia city..
On Easter day a foremost TV journalist, the charismatic Milen Tsvetkov was killed in a freak accident on a Sofia boulevard as he was waiting at a red light in his car. The jeep which rammed, at high speed, into the back of his vehicle..
Twelve European countries, including Bulgaria, join forces in a new project financed by the EU to exchange ideas aimed at improving road safety. There are significant differences of the road safety indicators in the EU member states. That is why the..
Bulgaria is again number one in the EU when number of deaths in car accidents are concerned. The main benchmark of road safety in Europe is the number of road deaths per million inhabitants, and according to this criterion in 2016 this country was at..
