Hungary bus crash that killed 12 exposes gaps in cross-border EU driver-fatigue oversight

A Polish-registered bus carrying 57 passengers from Serbia to Poland overturned on Hungary's M3 motorway on 16 August 2026, killing 12. Hungarian police detained the driver; preliminary information suggests he fell asleep. The 700-plus-kilometre route traverses multiple EU jurisdictions, raising questions about enforcement of driving-time rules and tachograph compliance on cross-border tourism corridors.