Pope Benedict XVI urged drivers to stay `sober and alert` Sunday and prayed for those who have died in traffic accidents.

`On this third Sunday of November, we remember in a special way all those who have died as a result of traffic accidents,` Benedict said as he delivered the Angelus prayer in St. Peter`s Square.

`Dear brothers and sisters, I implore everyone -- drivers, passengers and pedestrians -- to heed carefully the words of Saint Paul in the liturgy of the word today: Stay sober and alert,` he added.

An initiative by the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims has made the third Sunday of November a day of remembrance for road traffic victims.