Croatia's road death toll rose by 37 or 19.2 percent to 230 fatalities in the first nine months of 2021, in comparison to the corresponding period of 2020, the interior ministry said on Monday.

In the first nine months of 2020, there were 193 fatalities on Croatian roads.

Last weekend, from 22 to 24 October, three people were killed in road accidents, while nine sustained serious, and five minor injuries.

Nearly 4,500 offences were registered last weekend, and about 10 percent of them, or 428, were related to driving under the influence of alcohol.

The highest blood alcohol concentration, 4.17 g/kg, was registered in an offender from Varazdin County.