Serious accident on the Trakia motorway: traffic restored after kilometers of queues

22.05.2026 | Transport and communications

Traffic on the Trakia motorway at km 56 was temporarily blocked due to a crashed semi-truck. The traffic situation has normalized following police intervention.

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Incident on Trakia Motorway causes chaos

Traffic on the Trakia motorway in the direction of Burgas was temporarily restricted today due to a traffic accident at km 56. The report was issued by the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA), with traffic being fully restored shortly after 2:00 PM.

According to drivers on social media, a semi-truck spun on the road and blocked traffic in the direction of Plovdiv.

Traffic organization

Source of information: Road Infrastructure Agency, footage from social media (Kiril Ginev), and BNT.