From the death of a pedestrian to drunk drivers, Serbia is constantly at the top of the black traffic statistics. Only on Wednesday (November 19), in the space of a few hours, three more people were killed in the territory of Ub and Nis.
Every fifth person who dies in traffic accident in Serbia it is a pedestrian.
The Ministry of Interior appeals to drivers to increase caution and reduce speed, especially in pedestrian crossing zones, as well as to pedestrians - to cross the road only when they are convinced that they can do so in a safe manner.
"At the same time, we appeal to pedestrians to cross the road only when they are sure that they can do so in a safe way, noting that at night and in conditions of reduced visibility on the roads outside the settlement, they must be illuminated or marked with reflective material," the statement said.
Emphasis was placed on the tragic statistics of pedestrian casualties, where eight of them died in November alone.
The average age of pedestrian victims is 68 years old, and the largest number of these tragedies, as many as seven out of eight accidents, occurred in the evening hours.
Almost 80 people per million inhabitants
The continuous wave of casualties on the roads has brought Serbia to the first place among the countries with the highest number of people killed in traffic accidents in Europe. As many as 78 people per million inhabitants are killed on domestic roads in a year, according to the latest data of the European Agency for Traffic Safety. about which "Vreme" already wrote.
According to official data, in 2024, 31.922 traffic accidents were recorded in Serbia, in which 501 people died, while 18.807 people were injured.
The most common causes of fatal traffic accidents were improper speed (44 percent), loss of control over the vehicle (14 percent) and driving under the influence of alcohol (14 percent).
Drunk drivers
At the end of October, the public got excited again when a policeman with his wife and child lost their lives at a major New Belgrade intersection because a drunk and drugged driver ran into his car at full speed.
The blood alcohol level was subsequently measured and was 1,17 per thousand, which is called "a state of very heavy intoxication". He ran a red light, driving at a speed of 132 kilometers per hour, not where the maximum speed limit is 50 kilometers per hour.
Folk music singer Darko Lazić was driving in a state of even greater intoxication a month before. He caused a traffic accident with more than 1,9 parts per thousand of alcohol in his blood, and ended up in the hospital.
This October, the driver of a bus loaded with passengers ran off the road near Sremska Mitrovica and overturned - three people died in this accident.
The past month alone would have been enough for Serbia to rise to the top of the list with the deadliest traffic in Europe.
