After 100 deaths in February, the Costa Rican Red Cross is asking people to be careful. The only other months that reached or exceeded the century mark were March and October 2007.

“This is the most violent February in the last eight years,” a press release states. “This increase in death worries the Red Cross and we are renewing our call the public to be careful and take precautionary measures on the roads and at the beaches because these areas constantly generate accidents.”

In February, fatalities from car accidents, including hit-and-runs, topped the list (39), shootings and stabbings came in second (25), and drownings rounded out the top three (16).

San José province leads the country in violent deaths and the principal cause of death is car accidents.