Two people died and 24 were hurt in 24 serious road crashes across Bulgaria over the past 24 hours, the interior ministry says.

In Sofia, police logged 3 serious and 35 minor crashes in the same period, which killed one person and injured two others.

So far this month, Bulgaria has seen 110 crashes, killing 11 people and injuring 24.

Since the start of the year, the interior ministry has recorded 5,274 crashes, which killed 380 people and injured 6,524. That's 47 more deaths than in the same period last year.