Truck Waits at Serbian Border: Batrovci 9 Hours, Horgos 4
Trucks leaving Serbia wait longest at Batrovci, while waits at Horgos and Kelebija have doubled since yesterday morning. Passenger vehicles are not held up.
How long do trucks wait today to leave Serbia? Longest at Batrovci, up to nine hours, while passenger vehicles are not held up at any crossing.
The Border Police Directorate reported at 5.15 a.m. on October 20, 2026 that all waits of several hours on the way out of the country are at freight terminals. The figures were relayed by the Auto-Moto Association of Serbia (AMSS). At 1 p.m., according to Border Police Directorate data released by Roads of Serbia (Putevi Srbije), the picture was unchanged.
Where are the waits, and how long are they?
Situation at 5.15 a.m., freight vehicles, exit from Serbia:
- Batrovci: 9 hours
- Bezdan: 6 hours
- Sid: 5 hours
- Horgos: 4 hours
- Kelebija: 3 hours
- Sremska Raca: 2 hours
Roads of Serbia gave the same figures at 1 p.m. in minutes: Batrovci up to 540, Bezdan 360, Sid 300, Horgos 240, Kelebija 180 and Sremska Raca 120 minutes.
What changed since the previous day?
In its morning report for October 19, AMSS listed trucks leaving the country as waiting 9 hours at Batrovci, 5 at Sid, 4 at Bezdan, 2 at Horgos and an hour and a half at Kelebija. Sremska Raca was not on the list then.
Compared with that report, the wait at Horgos has risen from 2 to 4 hours and at Kelebija from an hour and a half to 3 hours, so both have doubled. Batrovci and Sid are unchanged.
Bezdan should not be read as a rise from 4 to 6 hours in 24 hours. A later check at 5 p.m. on October 19 already showed six hours at Bezdan, and two each at Horgos and Kelebija. Against those evening figures, the wait at Horgos stayed twice as long overnight, while Kelebija went from 2 to 3 hours.
What does this mean for people in cars?
According to the Border Police Directorate, there are no vehicle delays at passenger terminals at the crossings as of 5.15 a.m. AMSS also reported on October 19 that passenger vehicles were not waiting at the borders. At the other crossings there are no longer delays for any category of vehicle, nor at toll stations on Serbian motorways.
For October 19, AMSS announced heavier traffic on the approaches to larger cities and in urban zones, with stable and mostly favorable driving conditions.
The published data does not say why the truck queues at these crossings last for hours.
