PANJIM, Nov. 28 -- Goa's "killer" roads claimed 228 lives in 2,365 accidents from January to October this year, a data released by the Department of Transport has revealed.

As per the data, 39 persons were killed in 272 accidents in January, 27 persons were killed in 232 accidents in February, 30 persons in 246 accidents in March, 27 persons in 231 accidents in April, 19 persons in 261 accidents in May, 17 persons in 231 accidents in June, 24 persons in 209 accidents in July, 13 persons in 232 accidents in August, 16 persons in 227 accidents in September and 16 persons were killed in 224 accidents in October this year.

Out of the 224 accidents in October, 116 accidents took place in South Goa while 108 accidents were reported in North G...