The son of Police Commissioner George Jackson was last night fighting for his life after a collision on Sunday night left him brain-dead.

Andrew Jackson, 27, was involved in a single vehicle accident at 8.35 p.m. on Sunday night.

At presstime last night a duty nurse at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital said Mr. Jackson was in "critical" condition.

A Police spokesman said in a statement yesterday morning: "Around 8.35 p.m. on Sunday, Police received a report of a serious single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury on Middle Road in Warwick near the junction with Riddell's Bay Road.

"The rider of the motorcycle, a 27-year-old Pembroke man, sustained serious injuries after losing control of his vehicle and colliding with a wall.

"He was rushed to KEMH via ambulance for treatment and is currently in the Intensive Care Unit in critical condition. Inquiries into this incident are underway."

Road Safety campaigner Joseph Froncioni said if Government doesn't get serious and deal with the problems on the roads, the trend will continue – 2008 is shaping up to be one of the worst for accident statistics with 15 deaths recorded.

The year is second only to 1998, when 17 persons died as a result of accidents on the Island's roads.

"This year is turning out to be one of the most devastating years for deaths and injuries on our roads," said Dr. Froncioni. "We see a trend. The study I did with my co-authors demonstrated a trend of 67 percent increase in the years between 1993 and 2004 on residents in Bermuda."

The surgeon co-authored a study of Bermuda's accident figures which remains the largest of its kind, with health professionals Jennifer Attride-Stirling and Marcelo Ramella.

Their hope was that the information revealed through the study would spur policy change. "Although our data is from 2003/2004, we were under the impression if we had data for this year, the trend would have continued. It appears that trend is continuing."

He said further: "One of the reasons we came out with the study was to try to convince Government that radical intervention is needed.

"People need to understand prevention is better than cure. What is happening on our roads in absolutely tragic. We need to address the problem."

Dr. Froncioni compared the epidemic to a serious disease and said it requires "radical medicine".

He added: "The politicians have to show their courage. They have not shown the courage to address the problem, (which is) still on. We know that some radical action has to be taken."

Dr. Froncioni also said youth dying on the roads and becoming permanently disabled is not acceptable in an "affluent developed country". He also offered his sympathy to Commissioner Jackson.