Traffic collision

Downward trend in road accidents in Türkiye

As per the data of the General Directorate of Security, some 313,000 road accidents occurred in the first eight months of this year across Türkiye, where a total of 1.18 million accidents happened in 2021.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), some 1.18 million accidents occurred on the country's roads last year, slightly down from 1.2 million accidents in 2018.

Bulgaria: A Woman and a Child Died in a Traffic Accident on the Trakia Highway

A woman and a child died in a serious accident on the Trakia highway, the police in Pazardzhik reported. The accident happened at the 101st kilometer in the lane in the direction of Sofia. Only the driver survived.

According to initial data, a car with German registration crashed, went off the road and caught fire.

Bulgaria: 59 people Died in Auto Accidents in Sofia for 2021, 741 were Injured

From January 1 to December 31, 2021, on the territory of the city of Sofia were removed 1841 (1329 for 2020) license plates for driving motor vehicles after the use of alcohol, drugs and their precursors, as well as for driving without a driving license, reported by Sofia Directorate of the Interior (SDI)

Mayor of Pernik: The Crashed Bus Tore about 50 meters of Guardrail in the Area of the Accident

Tragedy on "Struma" Highway: Passenger Bus Caught Fire, Leaving at least 45 Dead Including Children

The crashed bus tore about 50 meters of guardrail in the area of ​​the accident. This was said by the mayor of Pernik Stanislav Vladimirov to journalists on the occasion of the severe bus accident in which 46 people died, a reporter told FOCUS News Agency.

Number of casualties on Slovenian roads rises in 2021

Ljubljana – Road accidents have already killed 105 people in Slovenia this year, surpassing the numbers recorded in previous years. There were fewer accidents in 2020 due to the closures during the epidemic, but this year’s death toll exceeds even those of the previous three years, and there is still a month and a half left in 2021.

Reckless mistake kills e-scooter driver in Istanbul

A 40-year-old woman has died in a road accident when a public bus hit her as she rode an electric scooter in Istanbul's Ümraniye district.

İlknur Akkaya, who was driving an e-scooter on Oct. 25, was thrown onto a busy road when the door of a car she passed by suddenly opened.

The woman abruptly fell in front of a public bus that was moving on the side lane.

At least 5 children killed in road accident

At least five children, aged between 11 and 14, have been killed when a school bus overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle in the western province of Afyonkarahisar.
The accident, in which five other students were also injured, occurred in the early hours yesterday near a village in Afyonkarahisar's Iscehisar district.

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