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Pandemic brings down number of road accidents

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The number of road accidents is down by 24% during the first 6 months of the pandemic year – 2020 - compared to the same period of the last five years – 2015-2019, indicates a summary report on the traffic situation and road safety adopted by the government.

The number of road fatalities for the January-June, 2020 period in Bulgaria has gone down by almost 40%, of injuries – by one-quarter.  

The number of major traffic accidents on the territory of the country for the same period is 2,371, with 173 fatalities and 2,945 injuries, an Interior Ministry report reads.



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