D46 road (Croatia)


The D46 state road in the eastern part of Croatia connects the cities and towns of Đakovo and Vinkovci to the state road network of Croatia, and to the border with Serbia. The road is long. The route comprises some urban intersections, mostly in the cities Đakovo and Vinkovci, though it bypasses most of the latter city and is planned to bypass it completely.
The D46 state road starts in the Osijek-Baranja County in the region of Slavonia, enters the Vukovar-Syrmia County and intersects it orthogonally to the D55 state road, ending in the region of Syrmia. Following the Tovarnik border crossing it continues in Serbia as the State Road 120.
As with all other state roads in Croatia, the D46 is managed and maintained by Hrvatske ceste, state-owned company.

Traffic volume

Traffic is regularly counted and reported by Hrvatske ceste, operator of the road.
According to data from the Border Police in Tovarnik, the number of trucks entering Croatia at the border crossing with Serbia was 190,764 in 2020; 272,967 in 2021; 302,218 in 2022; 290,475 in 2023; and 290,048 in 2024. This amounts to an average of approximately 800 trucks per day. Residents and local officials report cracked walls, destroyed curbs, respiratory issues, and serious traffic hazards near schools and playgrounds, with several near-fatal incidents. The Croatian Ministry of the Interior has deployed additional traffic control measures at the section with over 235 violations by truck drivers recorded in the Tovarnik area alone in 2024.

2019 truck traffic volume demonstrations

In early 2019 villages of Tovarnik, Ilača and Banovci organized joint demonstrations against truck drivers from countries other than Croatia and Serbia which are causing heavy traffic congestion on the D46 road while waiting to cross the state border between Croatia and Serbia. Citizens requested redirection of all truck transportation, with the exception of Croatian and Serbian trucks traveling to one or the other state, to be removed from the D46 road and redirected to A3 motorway.