Four Motorcyclists Killed in Three Hours: Ljig, Temerin
Serbia's Interior Ministry says four motorcycle riders died within three hours on Sunday, in separate accidents near Ljig, in Temerin and in Sremska Mitrovica.
The Serbian Interior Ministry and the Traffic Police Directorate announced on Monday, September 7, that the day before, in the space of just three hours, three separate accidents killed four motorcycle riders: near Ljig, in Temerin and in Sremska Mitrovica.
In brief:
- 5:15 p.m., Dici near Ljig: two motorcycles collided head on, both riders killed, a female passenger seriously injured
- 5:35 p.m., Temerin: a 17 year old rider without a license or helmet hit a pole and died
- 8:15 p.m., Sremska Mitrovica: a motorcyclist died in a collision with a car
- 60 people have died on motorcycles and mopeds since the start of 2026
The collision near Ljig
The first accident happened at 5:15 p.m. on the Ibar Highway, in the village of Dici near Ljig. Two motorcycles collided head on, and both riders died at the scene despite attempts to save them.
The Interior Ministry’s statement gives the riders’ ages as 31 and 46. The Valjevo Police Department, according to Tanjug and RTS, identified them by initials as A. V. (31) and I. T. (56), a ten year difference from the age the ministry gave for the second rider.
I. T. was riding with a passenger, K. T. (33), who suffered life threatening injuries. She was first taken to the emergency department of the Valjevo hospital, then transferred to the emergency center in Belgrade.
According to Kurir, cited by the Sandzaklive news site, A. V. was from Uzice and the second rider from Belgrade, while the motorcycles carried plates from Bajina Basta and Belgrade.
Traffic on that stretch of the Ibar Highway was closed in both directions during the on site investigation, then reopened. A prosecutor also came to the scene, and the Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office in Mionica was informed of the case.
Temerin, then Sremska Mitrovica
Twenty minutes after the crash near Ljig, at 5:35 p.m., a 17 year old motorcyclist died in Temerin. He was riding without a driver’s license, without a helmet and without any other required safety gear, lost control and hit a concrete pole by the road. He died at the scene.
The third accident happened at 8:15 p.m. in Sremska Mitrovica. A 30 year old motorcyclist collided with a car and died of his injuries.
What the numbers show
The Traffic Police Directorate, part of the Police Directorate, says that since the start of 2026, traffic accidents in Serbia have killed 48 motorcycle riders and three passengers, along with seven moped riders and two passengers, 60 people in total.
In the same period last year, 39 motorcycle riders and one moped rider died, with no passenger deaths recorded.
Along with the statement, the Interior Ministry issued an appeal to riders of two wheeled vehicles:
“We once again appeal to motorcycle and moped riders not to operate a vehicle without a driver’s license of the appropriate category, to observe the prescribed speed limits and to wear a helmet and other prescribed protective equipment on every ride.”
The ministry made a separate appeal to parents and others who lend motorcycles and mopeds to minors, asking them not to do so if the young riders do not meet the legal requirements to operate such vehicles. The case of the 17 year old rider in Temerin, killed without a license and without a helmet, shows exactly what that appeal is about.
