Road deaths total 118 in first quarter

The number of deaths on Czech roads fell to its lowest level in the last 40 years during the first quarter of the year. Czech police announced on Thursday that fatalities between January and March totalled 118. During the same period in 2009 the total was 176. The worst first quarter on record was in 1994 when 305 were killed. Police said there were four deaths linked with excess alcohol in the first quarter this year. That is 23 less than in the first quarter of 2009. In recent years the trend has been for an increasing number of alcoholic related deaths on the road.