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Number of car crash victims on the rise

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The Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has reported a 30-percent rise in road-accident deaths in the first quarter of the year compared to 2021. The report came during a public discussion on a draft amendment to the Road Traffic Act.

 Interior Minister Boyko Rashkov said that there had been an increase in both the number of severe accidents and the number of injured and dead people. According to him, the condition of roads in Bulgaria directly affects the number of serious accidents. "From January 1 to April 4, 1,220 serious accidents occurred, 105 people were killed and 1,530 people were injured, which is alarming" the Minister pointed out.




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