The Road Safety Unit (RSU) is reporting that 141 lives were lost on Jamaica’s road network due to fatal motor vehicle crashes up to Wednesday (May 1).
According to the agency of the Island Traffic Authority, the statistics represent a two per cent decline in road fatalities when compared to the same period last year.
Motorcyclists, private motor vehicle drivers and pedestrians were the top three road user categories with the highest number of road fatalities.
The parishes of Trelawny, St James, Hanover and Westmoreland accounted for the highest number of road fatalities island-wide.
Road users are being urged to cut out distractions, cut out all unnecessary actions that could lead to a crash or a fatality and think about their loved ones to whom they want to go home to.
The general public is also being urged to learn the rules of the road and abide by them.
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