Traffic flow and road conditions
ažurirano: 24.12.2025. 23:05
Traffic flow and road conditions
It is snowing in the Lika and Gorski kotar mountain areas, in the central and northwestern parts of the country. Most roads are wet and due to low temperatures very slippery, especially bridges and viaducts. Rock sliding is possible on the DC8 Adriatic road and in mountain areas.
Due to strong wind passenger traffic is allowed only:
- on the A6 Rijeka-Zagreb motorway between the Delnice and Kikovica junctions;
- on the part of the DC8 Adriatic road Karlobag-Sveta Marija Magdalena.
On the A7 motorway between the Rijeka istok and Šmrika junctions, on the part of the DC8 Adriatic road Bakar-Karlobag, on the DC99 state road between the Križišće junction and Križišće and on the LC58107 Kraljevica-Križišće local road there is a traffic ban on: doubledeckers, trailers, motorcycles, delivery vans and vehicles with covered cargo area.
At the Krk bridge traffic is suspended for: motorcycles, campers, campers with three or more axles, doubledeckers, double-axle-buses with a trailer, passenger vehicles with a one-axle-trailer, vans, vans with a trailer, freight vehicles up to 6 tonnes of weight.
Due to winter driving conditions there is a traffic ban on freight vehicles with trailers and all other vehicles have to use winter equipment on the following roads of
the northwestern and central parts:
- DC1 Gornji Macelj-Đurmanec
- DC31 Velika Gorica-Kravarsko-Pokupsko
- DC36 Lijevo Sredičko-Pokupsko-Kljuka and Gladovec Pokupski-Žažina
- DC546 Bregana-Grdanjci
- ŽC2219 Pila-Sljeme (Sljeme access road);
the Lika mountain area:
- DC1 Budačka Rijeka-Vaganac-Korenica-Udbina-Gračac
- DC23 Kapela-Žuta Lokva-Senj
- DC25 Korenica-Lički Osik-Gospić-Karlobag
- DC42 Poljanak
- DC50 Žuta Lokva-Špilnik-Lički Osik-Gospić
- DC52 Špilnik-Korenica
- DC218 Užljebić border crossing-Donji Lapac-Bjelopolje
- DC217 Ličko Petrovo Selo-Ličko Petrovo Selo border crossing
- DC429 Selište Drežničko-Prijeboj
- DC522 Udbina-Gornja Ploča
- ŽC5203 Dobroselo-Brotnja-Sučević
- ŽC5217 Donji Lapac-Mazin-Dobroselo
- regional and local roads in the area of Donji Lapac and Korenica;
the Gorski kotar mountain area:
- A6 Rijeka-Zagreb motorway, section Bosiljevo 2-Kikovica (freight vehicles are excluded at the Vukova Gorica rest area in direction Rijeka and before the Kikovica junction in direction Zagreb)
- DC3 Zdihovo-Stubica-Kupjak-Delnice-Gornje Jelenje-Kikovica
- DC32 Prezid-Delnice
- DC42 Stubica (DC3)-Ogulinski Hreljin
- DC203 Brod na Kupi-Delnice (DC3)
- DC305 Parg-Čabar
- DC501 Gornje Jelenje-Oštrovica-Meja
- DC549 Vrata (A6)-Fužine (ŽC5062)
- ŽC5030 Platak-Kamenjak
- ŽC5032 Crni Lug-Mrzle Vodice-G. Jelenje (DC3)
- ŽC5034 Vrbovsko-Ravna Gora-Kupjak
- ŽC5062 Kraljev Jarak-Fužine-Lukovo
- ŽC5068 Hreljin-Zlobin-Fužine-Bukovac-Vrata
- ŽC5191 Sopač (DC3)-Mrkopalj-Tuk
- regional and local roads in the area of Delnice, Čabar, Gornje Jelenje and Vrbovsko.
During the day difficulties can occur in roadwork areas.
Drivers are invited to adjust the speed and the way of driving to the road conditions, to keep distance and not to start the journey without the winter equipment.
1 November-31 March the headlights have to be on during the day as well.
Traffic restrictions:
A1 Zagreb-Ploče-Karamatići motorway:
- until 20 February the Janjče rest area is closed in both directions;
- until 19 February 2026 the Kraljeva Velika jug rest area is closed in direction Lipovac, 115th-117th km towards Lipovac the hard shoulder is closed (80 km/h);
A6 Rijeka-Zagreb motorway:
- 23 December 1am-4.30am traffic is closed once for 15 minutes at the Rijeka paytoll, at the Oštrovica paytoll as well as between the Rijeka paytoll and Kikovica junction due to abnormal load;
A8/A9 highway in Istria
- due to roadwork between the Učka tunnel and the Matulji junction temporary traffic regulation has been put into place, detour options for personal vehicles: DC500 Vranja state road-Šušnjevica-Vozilići, ŽC5047 Vranja county road-Veprinac-Matulji;
- traffic jams are possible between the Učka junction (A7) and Učka tunnel in both directions;
DC1 state road:
- one lane is free only at Tušilović until 12 January, at Rastoke until 3 February;
- traffic is flowing in one lane only between Vrbovsko and Delnice;
DC44 Livade-Istarske Toplice state road:
- until 20 June traffic is suspended on the section Livade-Istarske Toplice;
DC512 state road:
- due to rock sliding traffic is suspended at the Stupica tunnel towards Vrgorac.
