Bermuda has logged deaths on the roads for nearly every month since last August, according to the latest police statistics.

A total of nine people have been killed as a result of traffic accidents since last summer — with four this year alone.

Road Safety Council chairman Carlton Crockwell said: “I am very concerned and it all goes back to the mindset of the people in the vehicles.

“People have to slow down and understand they are not the only person on the roads. They have to pay more attention.”

Police figures showed that in addition to four deaths this year up to February there were 23 people seriously injured on the roads, as well as 64 people slightly injured.

The main cause of collisions for the first two months of the year was inattention — the cause of 58 accidents in two months.

The next biggest categories were overtaking improperly, the cause of nine accidents followed by poor road surfaces, which was listed as the reason behind eight accidents.

Mr Crockwell said: “We don’t want to see roads deaths increase and we don’t want to see any more for the year, but the reality is, unless we have a change in attitude and in the way we conduct ourselves on the roads, that will not be the case.”

Last month, the largest group of vehicles involved in crashes were private cars, with a total of 85 incidents (50 percent), while scooters and motorbikes of all types were involved in 49 crashes (28.9 percent).

The statistics also showed that people in the 51 to 65 age group were most likely to be involved in road accidents, amounting to more than a quarter of the total.

People aged 41-50 were next most likely to be involved in a road crash, with a total of nearly a fifth.

Drivers and motorcyclists aged 21-30 were involved in 18.8 percent of road accidents, while the 16-20 age group were involved in just over nine percent of accidents.

For the year to date, men had more than double the number of accidents as women drivers and riders.

Men were involved in 222 crashes, while women were involved in 112.