Clarendon, St James lead traffic fatalities
With the island’s death toll running way behind last year’s figure, Clarendon and St James, with 14 and 13 respectively at June 24, lead police divisions islandwide in traffic fatalities. St Catherine north, St Ann and St Elizabeth, follow the two leading divisions with 12 fatalities each.
According to data from the transport ministry’s Road Safety Unit (RSU) no other police division has reached double figure deaths with Westmoreland and St Andrew central at nine each.
Portland, where a horrific crash in 2008 claimed 14 lives, is without a casualty so far this year.
Since the start of the year to June 24, RSU figures show that 137 people have been killed in 125 fatal crashes, a drop from the same period last year when 183 people were killed in 158 fatal crashes.
The RSU predicts a six per cent drop in fatalities this year over 2009, however pedestrian fatalities are expected to increase, also by six per cent, this year.
