A place of remembrance is likely to be created for families and friends who have lost loved ones on Bermuda's roads.

The venture is being planned by the charity ROLO: Remembering Our Loved Ones, which says many grieving relatives would prefer a spot other than a graveyard where they can be alone with their thoughts.

It is hoped the project — at a venue to be decided — can be set up in conjunction with a National Day of Remembrance which ROLO is organising in November.

ROLO was formed by relatives of accident victims to provide comfort to grieving families and has helped lead calls for better road safety in the light of a spate of fatal crashes this year.

Ten people have lost their lives on Bermuda's roads in less than four months.

The group's youngest member, 20-year-old Melissa Looby, who has lost five friends to road deaths in the past five years, told The Royal Gazette: "People read about road deaths in the newspaper and look at the news, but we tend to look at things the same way as families who have lost a loved one. We see it and we feel it, the emotional aspect.

"For a lot of us, it would be beneficial to have a place to go where you can sit and reflect and cry, or anything.

"It would be good for us to have that place, without necessarily having to go to the person's grave. Everyone can deal with it better, to have that quiet place where you can go and remember the person."

Miss Looby is interviewed in depth about the impact of her personal losses — and how she believes road safety can be improved — in today's Royal Gazette, see page 4.

The remembrance day will see tributes paid to everyone who has died on the roads in the past decade. Ideas currently being considered include a plaque in memory of the lives that have been lost and a memorial ceremony with a roll-call of names.

ROLO holds regular meetings in which members share their stories and provide support for each other. Committee members contact families after they have lost a loved one, and give them an open invitation to join the group. It also provides advice to the Road Safety Council.