44-year-old dies in road fatality

Wed, June 20, 2012 - 7:01 AM

The man who died last night in a road fatality which occurred along Sayes Court Road, Christ Church, has been identified.

He is Stephen Dacosta Griffith, of Ealing Park, Christ Church.

Griffith, 44, died on the spot, according to a Press release from police this morning.

Police said the accident, which involved a car and a lorry, occurred around 8:30 p.m.

Griffith was the driver of the car, while the lorry was driven by Tony Jones, 33, of Goodland, Christ Church.

The driver of the lorry, and Marian Holder of Pegwell, Christ Church, who was a passenger in the car, were not hurt.

This is Barbados’ 11^th road fatality for the year so far. (CM/PR)

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Posted by Aimee Sutherland 11 months ago: RIP Englishman, you will be missed

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Posted by Kenneth King 11 months ago: My condolence to the family of Mr.Stephen Dacosta Griffith and hope that they find comfort at this sad time. My appeal to all the drivers out there to be more considerate on our roads. Why take the risk when we can live longer by just being responsible whenever behind the wheel. We have more cars on our roads than 20 yrs ago, therefore we must be more careful and show respect to others sharing the same streets with you. There are limited side walks and I see some children also exposed to danger on some area's without, no one have to die on our streets if we all take a little more precaution....keep Barbados roads safe should be a motto to mark the amount of lives we've lost over the years and yet no one have thought about the families who suffer each year because of this inconsiderate road use...

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Posted by yogi Ni 11 months ago: I can not comment on this accident because I don't know what happened. What I would say is: I am so afraid of trucks on the road at nights. You can not tell from a distance that it is a truck, by the time it get to you, you have to pull hard to the left to avoid an accident. Some of them drive so fast at night. I think that all trucks in Barbados should have lights at the top, so if their are on the road at night other motorist can identify them from a distance.

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Posted by Bim Bum 11 months ago: Speaking of the need for TRUCKS
-and other large vehicles-
to be readily identifiable as such, at night, from a distance,
I recall a visit to the USA back in 1968
when you could see a truck a half-mile away and know exactly how big a vehicle you were looking at
but it would seem that NIGHT VISIBILITY on this island is very much taken for granted!

Wunnuh got cat-eyes or whuh??

I speak of non-existent road markings around corners on dark un-lit country road, where a driver gets zero assistance from such markings.

I see roadside lumps and bumps of stone and concrete just waiting to lick up your rims
if you need to pass six inches closer than usual!

The Road Safety Assoc. of this island appears to do ZIP in these matters of NOCTURNAL VISIBILITY and improving the matter!
Sometimes I wonder if Bajans got cat-eyes
bcoz it like it simply doan' matter !