First-trimester traffic deaths have dropped nearly 25 percent over the same period last year.

The Public Works and Transport Ministry reported 107 deaths from January through April, a decrease of 33 from the first four months of 2007.

The 107 deaths are the lowest since 2005, when the ministry reported 97 deaths in the first quarter.

The ministry gave no explanation for the cause of the decrease but sought to take credit for it.

“Each life that we save is worth all the effort that the ministry and the Transit Police make every day to stop the war on our roads,” Minister Karla González said.

A press release cited speeding, drunken driving, and pedestrian and cyclist “imprudence” as the leading causes of traffic fatalities.