Northwestern Bulgaria continues to hold the grim distinction of being the deadliest region in the European Union when it comes to road fatalities. Eurostat’s 2023 data show that the region recorded the highest number of road deaths per capita in the EU, with 166 fatalities per million inhabitants. The neighboring North Central region also ranks poorly, registering 107 deaths per million people. Recent figures from Bulgaria ’s Ministry of Internal Affairs for 2024 indicate that 478 people have