Motorcyclist Killed on Kralja Milana Street in Belgrade
A young man died after midnight near Beogradjanka in a collision with a car. Sources differ on the time and the number of vehicles, and police have not given a cause.
A motorcyclist was killed on the night between Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, 2026, in a traffic accident on Kralja Milana Street in central Belgrade, near Beogradjanka and the Student Cultural Center. The Emergency Medical Service told Tanjug the accident happened at 12:39 a.m. The name of the victim has not been released.
What is known about the crash near Beogradjanka?
According to the Emergency Medical Service, the young man on the motorcycle was hit by a car. An unnamed source quoted by Kurir says doctors at the scene could only confirm his death. Kurir gives the victim’s age as 22, unofficially, while other outlets say only that he was a young man. Neither a name nor initials have been published.
Police and prosecutors have not yet issued a statement on how or why the crash happened, so everything known about it comes from the Emergency Medical Service and from unnamed sources cited by the media.
What does an eyewitness say about the collision?
Kurir reports, unofficially, that two motorcycles and two cars were involved. One eyewitness described to the paper how the crash unfolded:
“The accident happened near Beogradjanka, when one of the motorcyclists suddenly crossed into the opposite lane. That led to a direct collision with a car, a ‘Golf.’ The other motorcycle and another car that were right nearby were also involved in the collision, but without major consequences,” the eyewitness told Kurir.
The same source adds that the two motorcycles seemed to be riding together, meaning the riders knew each other. In his account, the victim hit the Golf, fell onto the car and then onto the asphalt. The unnamed source also described what followed:
“He had a helmet on his head, but it came off. Unfortunately, the Emergency Medical Service team could only confirm the young man’s death.”
Did the rain play a role in the crash?
It rained that night and the road was wet. The cause of the accident has not been officially established. The only explanation in the sources is a guess by the same Kurir source:
“It rained last night, the asphalt was wet… It looks like the motorcycle slid and that is how the driver lost control.”
That is one witness’s opinion, not a finding. The Emergency Medical Service’s account, that a car hit the motorcyclist, does not fully match the Kurir source’s version, in which the motorcyclist crossed into the opposite lane and collided with a Golf. Police have not confirmed which version reflects what actually happened.
Where do the sources disagree?
Several details differ across the available sources:
- Time of the accident: Telegraf, citing the Emergency Medical Service, gives 12:39 a.m., while Kurir says around 12:50 a.m.
- Circumstances: The Emergency Medical Service speaks of a car hitting the motorcyclist, while Kurir reports, unofficially, two motorcycles and two cars.
- Toll for the night: RTS and Kurir cite 156 calls to the Emergency Medical Service, while Telegraf and Novosti cite 157 interventions. All give the same number of interventions in public places, 28.
What else happened in Belgrade that night?
The Emergency Medical Service told Tanjug that five more traffic accidents occurred in Belgrade overnight. Four people were lightly injured and treated at the scene or at an on-duty medical facility. An 18-year-old man was seriously injured in a fall at Kalemegdan.
The doctor on duty described the night as a hard one for the Emergency Medical Service teams, who, by his account, carried out 157 interventions in total, 28 of them in public places. Several interventions involved intoxicated people, who were taken to the toxicology department of the Military Medical Academy. Most calls came from chronic asthma patients, cardiovascular patients and people with respiratory problems.
