After just one month into the new year, figures are showing that road deaths on the Algarve’s EN125 road have doubled when compared with the same period last year. Known as Europe’s deadliest road in the 1980s and 1990s, much of the A22 motorway had yet to be built, road death statistics started showing marked improvements the past decade as the motorway reached beyond Lagos. But serious questions have been raised as the introduction of tolls on the road draws nearer, with businesses saying they will encourage drivers of company cars to use the toll-free EN125. Though with the Government set to save €700 million a year, the financial reward of tolls seem to outweigh concerns over an increase in fatalities on secondary roads.