Four people lost their lives, and 214 were injured — 20 percent of them seriously — in road traffic collisions during the first four months of this year.

Overall, the statistics showed a drop for the equivalent 2013 time span.

The statistics revealed by police show a total of 438 accidents through to the end of April, down from 528 for the same period of last year.

Although motorcycles are popularly viewed as the worst offenders on Bermuda’s roads, 41 percent of collisions involved cars.

Motorcycles and scooters accounted for 28 percent, auxiliary cycles 6.4 percent and livery cycles 4.5 percent.

However, for single vehicle crashes, motorcycles and scooters topped the figures, at 38 crashes out of 95, versus 35 collisions by four-wheeled vehicles.

There were 21 collisions that resulted in an arrest for impaired driving, down from 29 arrests in January through April of 2013.

“Inattention” was the top cause of collisions, totalling 134, followed by overtaking improperly, at 37 collisions, and following too close, at 31.

Out of the total number of people involved in collisions during the first four months of 2014, men came top: 478, versus 281 women. In all, 19 tourists were involved in collisions.

People aged 51 to 65 were involved in 25 percent of collisions, followed by 31- to 40-year-olds, at 21 percent.

There have been five road deaths to date this year: on May 22, 60-year-old US tourist Daniel Bruce Laubacher died after suffering chest pains in the wake of a livery rental cycle crash.