Motorists have once again been urged to curb dangerous driving behaviour after a weekend of chaos on Bermuda’s roads.

In a post on social media released on Saturday evening, Chief Inspector Robert Cardwell urged the public to help reverse a “trend” of collisions which resulted in punctured lungs, broken limbs and head injuries.

He said: “On Friday we experienced 14 reported collisions. These collisions climaxed [Friday] night with three very serious, injury-involved collisions.

“In one of those collisions, two motorcycles crashed into each other. On our arrival, all parties involved were unconscious.

“A second one involved a car and a motorcycle, and the third one involved a car and a wall in Southampton.

“The driver of that vehicle had to be extricated from the vehicle because they were trapped. That driver was also subsequently arrested for impaired driving.”

Over the course of Friday evening, the Bermuda Police Service noted a serious collision involving two motorcycles which took place at about 6.40pm on North Shore Road in Devonshire, near the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club.

That was followed shortly after by reports of another incident at Dock Hill, only a short distance away, in which a motorcycle crashed into a wall with both the rider and a pillion passenger thrown from the vehicle.

Both were taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital by ambulance.

A third collision reportedly took place at about 10.20pm on Middle Road, Southampton, near Evans Bay, involving a car and a motorcycle.

The incident left the road “completely impassable” for a period of time because of damage to a natural stone wall which caused a significant amount of debris.

A fourth report, made later that same evening, noted another collision involving a car and a van on South Road, near the junction with White Sands Road in Paget.

While the incident did not result in injury, traffic was restricted to a single lane so the scene could be processed.

Mr Cardwell said: “This year, we have arrested 197 people for impaired driving offences. That equates to $295,000-plus paid into the courts.”

He urged those who choose to drink to avoid driving and for motorists to be careful when on Bermuda’s roads.

Mr Cardwell added: “The recklessness that we are seeing on the roads is absolutely unnecessary, and we need to reverse this trend. We are asking the community for help.”

Less than an hour after the video was posted on Facebook, the Bermuda Police Service reported another collision on Malabar Road, Sandys, involving a car and a motorcycle.

The Bermuda Road Safety Council this month called for tougher penalties for impaired driving and changes in the drinking culture to make roads safer.

Owen Darrell, the Minister of Tourism, Transport, Culture and Sport, said at the time that there were discussions being held to change legislation and penalties.

He added: “I would like to see more done in all aspects of road safety and that includes legislation that will come.”