Škoda Octavia

New car sales in Slovenia fell by 14% last year after recovering by 3% in 2021 following a 27% drop in 2020, the year worst affected by Covid-19. Of the 46,339 cars registered in the country for the first time last year, 9,170 were electric vehicles, a rise of 12% on the year before, data from the Chamber of Commerce shows.

Croatia-based Index website is reporting that the deadly accident happened in eastern Croatia, on the A3 highway, and that the victims traveled in the direction of Zagreb in a Skoda Octavia passenger car with Slovenian license plates.