Bermuda’s roads were slightly safer last year than in 2012, according to recently released police statistics.

The figures reveal the Island has experienced a 3.4 percent decrease in road traffic collisions since 2012, and around a nine percent decrease since 2011.

In total police responded to 1,1776 traffic collisions in 2013, compared to 1,837 in 2012 and 1,956 in 2011.

The number of injuries caused by collisions remained relatively constant, with 951 to 948 injuries reported in 2012 and 2013 respectively, while the number of traffic fatalities remained steady at nine.

Of those injured in the last year, 160 suffered serious injuries with 24 being taken to the Intensive Care Unit.

Police reported attending the scene of 78 collisions in which drinking or drugs were suspected as the main cause — 4.4 percent of the total number of collisions reported — and made 77 arrests on suspicion of impaired driving as a result. That figure is also down from 2012, when 86 arrests were made under similar circumstances.

Inattention was listed as the most common cause of traffic collisions last year, blamed for 508 crashes, while other major factors included inexperience, following other vehicles too closely and poor road surface conditions.

Almost half of collisions on the Island — 47.3 percent — involved private cars, while motorcycles and scooters accounted for just under a quarter of collisions.

Men were more likely to be involved in a traffic accident than women last year, with 1,887 men being involved in collisions compared to 1,230 women.

And those in the 51 to 60 age group were the more frequently involved in collisions, representing almost a quarter of all people involved in accidents.