Motorway tolls
Good to knowTicket-at-entry, pay-at-exit. ENC tag works for electronic payment. Roughly £0.05/km.
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Country driving guide · 2026
Driving in Croatia
Everything UK and EU drivers need before crossing the border into Croatia: 0 legal requirements + 1 other things worth knowing.
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Tick before you go
Pre-departure checklist for Croatia
0 legal must-haves. Print it, tick them off, throw it in the glovebox.
No specific legal requirements on file beyond the universal UK driver basics.
Tolls
Plan your Croatia road trip
We'll build the itinerary, estimate fuel + tolls, and show EV chargers along the route, and this checklist appears automatically on every trip that crosses into Croatia.
Start planning →Driving in Croatia: the facts at a glance
You drive on the right. Figures checked against each country's own road authority and toll operators, last updated Sept 2026.
Speed limits for cars
| Motorway | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
| Dual carriageway | 130 km/h (80 mph) |
| Other roads outside towns | 90 km/h (55 mph) |
| Towns | 50 km/h (30 mph) |
National defaults for cars; signs on the road always win. Source: EU Your Europe; Croatian road traffic law.
Tolls
Cestarina (HAC - Hrvatske autoceste).
- A1 Zagreb (Lucko) - Split (Dugopolje)26.4 EUR
- Ucka Tunnel4.5 EUR
- Krk Bridge0 EUR
Fuel
Petrol about €1.72 a litre, diesel about €1.99 (Aug 2026).
Mountain roads that close
- A1 Sveti Rok - Maslenica/Posedarje (bura wind closures)
Drive times in Croatia
- Split to Dubrovnik · 3 hr 21 min
- Zagreb to Dubrovnik · 7 hr 8 min
- Zagreb to Split · 4 hr 31 min
Popular destinations in Croatia
Places to add to your Croatia road trip.
Indicative budget
Rough cost for 1,000 km in Croatia
A back-of-the-envelope estimate for a typical petrol car at 40 UK mpg, with 800 km of motorway driving. Real fuel prices move monthly: treat this as a ballpark.
Fuel
€107
~70.6 L · 1,000 km @ 40 mpg
Tolls
€64
800 km of motorways
Vignette
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Total estimate
€171
1,000 km road trip