Serbian Bus Overturns Near Ivanic-Grad, Two Dead
A bus with Serbian license plates broke through a guardrail on the A3 motorway and rolled onto its side. Croatian police confirm at least two people died and several were injured.
A bus with Serbian license plates overturned on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at about 7:25 a.m. on Croatia’s A3 motorway, near the Ivanic-Grad interchange. Zagreb police confirmed that at least two people died and that several passengers were injured.
The crash happened just past the Ivanic-Grad interchange, on the stretch between Ivanic-Grad and Rugvica. Sources disagree on the direction of travel: Index and N1 say the bus was heading toward Zagreb, while Net.hr and Telegram.hr say it was heading toward Bregana. Police said the bus has Serbian plates.
What is known about the crash?
Footage from the scene, published by Croatian media, shows the bus breaking through the guardrail beside the hard shoulder and coming to rest on its side about ten meters away, on grass next to the motorway.
An eyewitness, a reader of the 24sata portal whose name was not published, described the scene. Net.hr relayed his statement:
“There seem to be many casualties. They are lying on the grass under blankets, and some have already been sent to hospitals. The guardrail next to the hard shoulder is broken, and the bus is wrecked on its side on the grass.”
According to unofficial figures from 24sata, there were 33 passengers and two drivers on the bus, 35 people in all. Novosti attribute the same figure to Dario Kezeric, the commander of the Zagreb County fire service, while Croatian portals trace it back to that paper. The parts of the police statement that media have relayed do not mention the number of passengers.
How many people were injured?
Police have not released an exact number. They said only that several people were injured and that they will receive medical care in hospitals in the Zagreb area. The hospitals have not been officially named.
Kezeric gave an unofficial estimate. As HRT reports, he said:
“According to unofficial information, we can say that there are about twenty seriously and lightly injured, and there are also fatalities. For now we cannot say clearly how many. Seven vehicles and 15 firefighters from three fire stations are at the scene. Emergency medical services are there treating the lightly and seriously injured, and the firefighters are helping them.”
Kezeric, then, does not give a final figure for the dead, while police have confirmed at least two victims.
An emergency medical helicopter arrived at the scene and is taking the injured to hospitals in Zagreb, Net.hr reports. Telegram.hr, citing a 24sata reader’s account, writes that some of the injured have already been taken away and that the rest were treated on site.
What are traffic and the investigation like?
All emergency services are on site. An on-site investigation is under way, and traffic on that stretch is moving slowly, in the left lane only. The Croatian Auto Club (HAK) said a speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour is in force.
Telegram.hr says more information should be available after the police investigation.
What is still unknown?
The cause of the crash has not been established. It has not been made public who operates the bus, where it started out and where it was going, or who the victims are. There is also no official count of the injured: about twenty is the fire commander’s estimate, not a figure from police or hospitals.
The sources available before this article was published do not identify the two people who died.
