Eleven serious crashes in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours left 14 people injured, but no one died, according to Interior Ministry data published on its website.

Sofia recorded 36 minor crashes over the same period, with no injuries or deaths.

Since the start of the month, Bulgaria has had 179 serious crashes, in which 21 people died and 272 were injured.

Since the start of the year, there have been 5,955 crashes. They killed 435 people and injured 7,425. That is 50 more deaths than in the same period last year.