The Interior Ministry’s Safe City Wins First Place for Road Safety at the World Police Summit in Dubai, 85 Road Deaths Against 117 Last Year
Competing with Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Maharashtra, among over 700 nominations from more than 60 countries. The award is presented on November 18.
Skopje – The Safe City project of the Ministry of Internal Affairs won first place in the category for excellence in road safety at the World Police Summit in Dubai. The award was announced by Minister Pance Toshkovski at a press conference on November 10, and the ceremonial presentation is scheduled for November 18 in Dubai.
Competing in the same category were the Singapore Police, the Abu Dhabi Police, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority and the police service of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The summit received over 700 nominations from more than 60 countries, in 13 categories.
The winners were chosen through independent expert evaluation, interviews and an assessment of technological and operational results, the Ministry states.
The Ministry also published the figures it refers to. From January to October 2026, 85 people died on the country’s roads, against 117 in the same period last year and 119 in 2024. That is 32 fewer deaths than last year, or a fall of 27.4 percent.
A total of 748 people were seriously injured, against 872 last year, a reduction of 124 people or 14.2 percent. From February to October, since the system has been working, the number of deaths fell from 108 to 74, that is, by 31.5 percent.
Success is measured “by the reduction in dangerous driving and serious consequences, not by the number of fines collected,” Toshkovski said. “As long as there is even one child who cannot safely cross a street, our work is not finished,” the minister added. As the long-term goal he named Vision Zero, traffic without deaths and serious injuries.
The system, according to the Ministry, included legal amendments, digital linking of the institutions’ procedures and automated control of compliance with traffic rules.
Over the last 15 years, 2,131 people died on the country’s roads. By the editorial calculation, that is an average of about 142 people a year.
What was not announced: the number of cameras and devices in the system, the number of fines issued and the amount collected. Such data are not in the Ministry’s announcement.
MKNews Hub · Macedonia · November 11, 2026
