{{Short description|Road in Serbia}} {{Infobox road | country = SRB | type = IB | route = 22 | marker_image = | alternate_name = Ibar Highway | maint = JP "Putevi Srbije" | map = {{maplink-road|frame-height=436}} | map_custom=yes | length_km = 298.648 | terminus_a = Belgrade {{Jct|country=SRB|A|1|E|75}} | junction = *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|346}} near Sremčica *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|147}} near Guncati *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|343}} near Meljak *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|344}} in Meljak *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|148}} in Stepojevac *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|27}} near Lazarevac *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|175}} near Ćelije *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|150}} near Ljig *{{Jct|country=SRB|A|2}} in Ljig *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|360}} in Dići *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|152}} near Rudnik *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|177}} near Gornji Milanovac *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|23}} in Preljina *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|46}} in Mrčajevci *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|179}} in Kraljevo *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|410}} near Mataruška Banja *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|30}} in Ušće *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|411}} near Ušće *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|207}} in Biljanovac *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIB|412}} in Brvenik *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|31}} near Raška *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|198}} in Raška *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|29}} in Novi Pazar *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|206}} in Novi Pazar *{{Jct|country=SRB|IB|32}} in Ribariće *{{Jct|country=SRB|IIA|203}} near Bregovi | terminus_b = Serbia – Montenegro Border at Mehov Krš {{Jct|country=MNE|M|5|E|65|E|80}} | districts = City of Belgrade, Kolubara, Moravica, Raška | e-road = {{Jct|country=SRB|E|763}} <small>Belgrade – Preljina</small><br>{{Jct|country=SRB|E|761}} <small>Preljina – Kraljevo</small><br>{{Jct|country=SRB|E|65|E|80}} <small>Bregovi – Mehov Krš</small> | previous_type = IB | previous_route = 21 | next_type = IB | next_route = 23 }} '''State Road 22''', commonly known as '''Ibar Highway''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl-Latn|Ибарска магистрала|Ibarska magistrala}}), is an IB-class road, connecting Belgrade with Šumadija and Western Serbia and finally with Montenegro at Špiljani border crossing.
It starts with Orlovača interchange in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica and is going through several major municipalities such as Ljig, Gornji Milanovac, Preljina (town in the municipality of Čačak), Kraljevo and Novi Pazar. In the southern section, highway goes in parallel to the upper course of the river Ibar, hence the name.
Before the new road categorization regulation given in 2013, the route wore the following names: '''M 22''' and '''M 2''' (before 2012) / '''A2''', '''A4''', '''15''' and '''32''' (after 2012).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apps.org.rs/wp-content/uploads/uredbe/Uredba-o-kategorizaciji-drzav-puteva.pdf|title=National road categorization regulation – Official Gazette of Republic of Serbia no. 105/2013 and 119/2013|website=Serbian Spatial Planners Association|language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/images/pdf/brojanje/2015/veza_izmedju_aktuelnog_i_prethodnog_oznacavanja_deonica_i_punih_pravaca_IB.pdf|title=Link between actual and previous section and road markings|website=Putevi Srbije|language=sr}}</ref>
The road is a part of the following European routes: E65 and E80 (Bregovi – Mehov Krš), E761 (Preljina – Kraljevo) and E763 (Belgrade – Preljina).
==Motorway alternative== {{main article|A2 motorway (Serbia)}} In order to provide the safer and faster traffic link of Belgrade with Western Serbia and Montenegrin coast, and to alleviate the dangers of the Ibar Highway, the new A2 motorway is under construction from Čačak to border with Montenegro. The section from Belgrade bypass to Čačak was completed in 2019, and since then the traffic over the highway on section from Belgrade to Čačak was significantly reduced.<ref name="stats2019" />
==Accident statistics== A single-lane carriageway, it bears heavy car and truck traffic between major cities of Belgrade, Čačak, Kraljevo and Novi Pazar, as well as transit traffic towards Montenegro, and occasional agricultural machinery is not unseen. If features long stretches of straight road interrupted by dangerous curves. Speeding, DUI and other traffic offences are major causes of accidents, most of them occurring during the night.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/hronika/aktuelno.291.html:498871-Ibarska---drum-smrti |title=Ibarska - drum smrti |publisher= Večernje Novosti | date=2 July 2014}}</ref>
In three-year span from 2017 to 2019, a total of 1,736 traffic accidents happened on its route, with 86 deaths and 1,619 injured people.<ref name="stats2019">{{cite news |last1=Petrović |first1=Aleksandra |title=Koliko je opasna Ibarska magistrala |url=http://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/456129/Koliko-je-opasna-Ibarska-magistrala |access-date=18 July 2020 |date=14 June 2020 |language=sr}}</ref>
Before the completion of motorway on section from Belgrade to Čačak, with more than 18,000 vehicles passing the highway daily (as of 2016), it was one of the most frequent roads in Serbia.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Popović|first1=Marko|title=VICE: Magistrala|url=http://www.b92.net/zivot/vesti.php?yyyy=2016&mm=09&dd=19&nav_id=1178370|access-date=27 September 2016|work=b92.net|publisher=vice.com|date=19 September 2016|language=sr}}</ref> Often called the "black highway", it is considered the most dangerous road in Serbia, averaging several hundreds traffic accidents annually.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Keranović|first1=Maja|title=Cela Ibarska crna saobraćajna tačka|url=http://www.blic.rs/vesti/tema-dana/cela-ibarska-crna-saobracajna-tacka/msk1ps5|access-date=19 September 2016|work=blic.rs|date=28 July 2009|language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ibarska magistrala odnosi ljudske živote|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/naslovna/hronika/aktuelno.291.html:441333-Ibarska-magistrala-odnosi-ljudske-zivote|access-date=19 September 2016|work=novosti.rs|date=28 June 2013|language=sr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gde su crne tačke na Ibarskoj|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2013&mm=08&dd=11&nav_id=741505|access-date=19 September 2016|work=b92.net|date=11 August 2013|language=sr}}</ref>
==Sections== {{RJL|date=November 2021}} {| class="wikitable" !Section number !Length !Distance !Section name |- |02201 |{{Convert|7.520|km|mi|abbr=on}}/{{Convert|1.641|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|7.520|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Orlovača interchange – Ripanj |- |02202 |{{Convert|2.156|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|9.676|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ripanj – Lipovička šuma (Barajevo) |- |02203 |{{Convert|2.744|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|12.420|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Lipovička šuma (Barajevo) – Lipovička šuma (Velika Moštanica) |- |02204 |{{Convert|3.074|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|15.494|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Lipovička šuma (Velika Moštanica) – Meljak (Barajevo) |- |02205 |{{Convert|0.556|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|16.050|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Meljak (Barajevo) – Meljak (Vranić) |- |02206 |{{Convert|12.713|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|28.763|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Meljak (Vranić) – Stepojevac (Draževac) |- |02207 |{{Convert|0.978|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|29.741|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Stepojevac (Draževac) – Stepojevac (Veliki Crljeni) |- |02208 |{{Convert|13.787|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|43.528|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Stepojevac (Veliki Crljeni) – Lazarevac (Ibar Road) |- |02209 |{{Convert|4.486|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|48.014|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Lazarevac (Ibar Road) – Ćelije (overlap with 25px|link=IB-27 highway (Serbia)|State Road 27) |- |02210 |{{Convert|4.128|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|52.142|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ćelije – Županjac |- |02211 |{{Convert|6.364|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|58.506|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Županjac – Dudovica |- |02212 |{{Convert|8.800|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|67.306|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Dudovica – Poljanice |- |02213 |{{Convert|1.571|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|68.877|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Poljanice – Ljig |- |02214 |{{Convert|3.075|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|71.952|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ljig – Kadina Luka |- |02215 |{{Convert|5.704|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|77.656|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Kadina Luka – Dići |- |02216 |{{Convert|9.679|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|87.335|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Dići – Ugrinovci |- |02217 |{{Convert|10.739|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|98.074|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ugrinovci – Bućin Grob |- |02218 |{{Convert|9.572|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|107.646|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Bućin Grob – Gornji Milanovac (Nevade) |- |02219 |{{Convert|2.650|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|110.296|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Gornji Milanovac (Nevade) – Gornji Milanovac |- |02220 |{{Convert|15.236|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|125.532|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Gornji Milanovac – Preljina |- |02221 |{{Convert|12.205|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|137.737|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Preljina – Mrčajevci (overlap with 25px|link=IB-23 highway (Serbia)|State Road 23) |- |02222 |{{Convert|19.942|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|157.679|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Mrčajevci – Kraljevo (overlap with 25px|link=IB-23 highway (Serbia)|State Road 23) |- |02223 |{{Convert|0.191|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|157.870|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Kraljevo – Kraljevo (Jarčujak) |- |02224 |{{Convert|6.771|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|164.641|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Kraljevo (Jarčujak) – Mataruška Banja |- |02225 |{{Convert|39.053|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|203.694|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Mataruška Banja – Ušće |- |02226 |{{Convert|5.234|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|208.928|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ušće – Bare |- |02227 |{{Convert|9.575|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|218.503|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Bare – Biljanovac |- |02228 |{{Convert|8.238|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|226.741|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Biljanovac – Brvenik |- |02229 |{{Convert|9.176|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|235.917|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Brvenik – Raška (Kosovska Mitrovica) |- |02230 |{{Convert|0.554|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|236.471|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Raška (Kosovska Mitrovica) – Raška (Kuti) |- |02231 |{{Convert|17.420|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|253.891|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Raška (Kuti) – Novi Pazar (Banja) |- |02232 |{{Convert|0.333|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|254.224|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Novi Pazar (Banja) – Novi Pazar |- |02233 |{{Convert|3.454|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|257.678|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Novi Pazar – Novi Pazar (Brđani) |- |02234 |{{Convert|24.390|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|282.068|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Novi Pazar (Brđani) – Ribariće (overlap with 25px|link=IB-32 highway (Serbia)|State Road 32) |- |02235 |{{Convert|12.562|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|294.630|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Ribariće – Bregovi |- |02236 |{{Convert|3.357|km|mi|abbr=on}} |{{Convert|297.987|km|mi|abbr=on}} |Bregovi – Serbia – Montenegro border (Špiljani) |}
==See also== * Roads in Serbia * European route E65 * European route E80 * European route E761 * European route E763
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/index.php?lang=en Official website – Roads of Serbia (Putevi Srbije)] * [http://www.koridor10.rs/ Official website – Corridors of Serbia (Koridori Srbije)] (Serbian) * [http://www.putevi-srbije.rs/pdf/serbia_main_and_regional_road.pdf Map of Serbian main and regional roads]
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