Interior Ministry: 99 Crashes in Serbia, Two Dead
Serbia's Traffic Police Directorate released its daily report and an appeal to drivers, as pedestrian deaths since the start of the year reached 63.
Ninety nine traffic accidents in a single day on Serbia’s roads. Two people were killed and 47 injured. The figures were released by the Traffic Police Directorate of Serbia’s Interior Ministry (MUP), in a statement issued on September 11, in the afternoon.
The tally covers one day on roads across the country. The Traffic Police Directorate’s statement does not break the accidents down by municipality or road type, the numbers are given for all of Serbia and for a single day.
Along with the daily tally, MUP also released a figure covering the whole of 2026. Since the start of the year, 63 pedestrians have died in traffic accidents in Serbia. According to the statement, two pedestrians lost their lives in just one day during the past week.
What MUP Says Caused the Crashes
The Traffic Police Directorate cites poor judgment of traffic situations and speeding as the causes of the accidents. The appeal is addressed to all road users, not only drivers.
“Not a second of carelessness!” the Traffic Police Directorate said. The statement carried an additional appeal:
“Adjust your speed, a second of carelessness can destroy lives.”
The appeal further calls for extra caution in built up areas, at marked pedestrian crossings, near schools, and on stretches where pedestrians are expected. Under MUP’s instructions, the road should be crossed only at marked pedestrian crossings, and only when it is completely safe to do so.
The Traffic Police Directorate says that greater caution and personal responsibility from every road user is the only way to stop new tragic tallies.
Part of a Difficult Stretch on the Roads
This statement comes not long after MUP released the annual number of motorcyclist deaths. Serbian News reported on this earlier: according to MUP, that figure stands at 48, while independent monitoring put it at 46 cases. Combined with the new figure of 63 pedestrian deaths since the start of the year, the picture of road safety in Serbia remains difficult for precisely the two most vulnerable groups of road users, motorcyclists and pedestrians.
In this statement, the Traffic Police Directorate does not specify where the accidents took place or the circumstances in which the pedestrians died. The data remains aggregated, covering all of Serbia over a single day, with an appeal for future tallies to be less tragic.
