The peak of the tourist season brings one of the busiest days on Croatian roads, with congestion especially pronounced on approaches to the coast and southern border crossings.
The first day of August 2026 brought the peak of the tourist season and one of the busiest days on Croatian roads. Drivers heading to the coast are facing multi-kilometer queues, with the worst situation on the Zagreb bypass where the queue stretches for 12 kilometers, reports Teleskop.hr, citing data from the Croatian Automobile Club (HAK).
According to HAK information relayed by Teleskop.hr, the longest queue this morning was recorded on the approach to the Lučko toll plaza from the direction of the Kosnica interchange, stretching about 12 kilometers. An additional five kilometers of queue formed from the direction of the Zagreb West interchange toward the same toll plaza.
On the A2 highway Zagreb, Macelj, near the Trakošćan toll plaza toward Zagreb, vehicles were in a queue approximately six kilometers long, extending even into the Slovenian section. Due to the high volume of vehicles, traffic for trucks and buses between the Đurmanec and Krapina interchanges in the direction of Zagreb is prohibited.
On the A1 highway from Lučko to Bosiljevo 2 toward Dubrovnik, traffic is moving in slow-moving queues with occasional brief stops. Increased traffic density has also been recorded on the section between Lučko and Karlovac. On the A4 highway, before the Sveta Helena toll plaza, the queue in the direction of Zagreb is about one kilometer long.
Additional difficulties are caused by a traffic accident on the A3 Bregana, Lipovac highway, between the Lužani and Slavonski Brod West interchanges. Traffic in the direction of Lipovac is moving in only one lane, with a speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour. On state road DC1, driving is slowed between Gornji Stupnik and Klinča Sela toward the south, as well as in the construction zone near Otrić.
Meanwhile, major congestion is also being recorded in the far south of the country. The portal Dubrovniknet reported that on Friday, July 31, 2026, huge queues formed at the border crossings of Karasovići and Vitaljina. The increased transit passing through the area blocked traffic in the afternoon hours, with waits of hours to cross the border.
Readers told Dubrovniknet that they had trouble returning home from work and going to the beach, as they had to detour around the queues.
HAK warns that with high traffic density, accidents and extraordinary events are more frequent, further slowing down driving. Drivers are advised to adjust their speed to road conditions, maintain a safe following distance, and set off with plenty of patience. Congestion is no longer just a weekend phenomenon but is increasingly common on Fridays and Mondays, when tourist arrivals and departures overlap.
