DESPITE the best efforts of the Road Safety Unit, in collaboration with the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) and the Island Traffic Authority (ITA), fatalities again soared pass the 300 mark.

The year 2017 registered 320 road deaths. Germaine Mason, Olympic silver medallist for Britain, and sprinter Jordon Scott were numbered among the fatalities.

Kenute Hare, director in the Road Safety Unit, said his organisation is committing to do more.

“The road safety battle is an arduous one. We will be intensifying our strategy, especially in western Jamaica… the road safety battle is won or lost in the police’s Area One Division,” Hare told Jamaica Observer’s weekly Auto magazine.

The Area One Division comprises Westmoreland, St James, Trelawny and Hanover.

The director said his unit will be targeting four categories of road users: pedestrians, motor cyclists, pillions, and pedal cyclists.

“These four groups account for 66 per cent of fatalities and are deemed vulnerable road users,” said Hare.

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