Traffic is heavy at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo border checkpoints for trucks heading to Türkiye, according to the Border Police. Turkish media report that roadworks at Kapitan Andreevo have diverted a large number of trucks to the smaller Lesovo checkpoint, where a queue of waiting vehicles stretches for more than 30 kilometres. Traffic is normal at all other border checkpoints along Bulgaria’s borders with Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia and Romania.
One person has died and 24 have been injured in 22 serious road accidents over the past 24 hours, according to Traffic Police. Since the beginning of October, 23 people have died and 346 have been injured in 275 road accidents. Since the beginning of the year, 391 people have lost their lives in 5,440 road accidents, while 6,747 have been injured. The number of road fatalities has increased by 54 compared with the same period in 2025.
Edited by Ivo Ivanov
Translated by Kostadin Atanasov