This morning in the center of Skopje, near the former „Bristol“ hotel and the „Diamond“ shopping center, a bus with Turkish license plates ran over a motorcycle. A traffic accident that reopens the same old question - how safe is it to ride on two wheels through Skopje's traffic.

For now there is no official information on exactly how the accident happened or about any injured persons. Details from the Interior Ministry are expected. What is known is that it's a collision at one of the busiest intersections in the city, during the morning hours when traffic is at its heaviest.

Motorcyclists are among the most vulnerable participants in traffic - when a collision with a larger vehicle happens, they have no steel body to protect them. Every accident like this is a reminder that rushing through the city crowd, no matter who is at fault, costs those on the smallest wheels the most.