Cheshire road safety, local road safety

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IN 2007, 13 young drivers and passengers died on the roads of Cheshire.Read

TWO weeks of tragedy has seen 12 people killed on Cheshire roads.

On October 17, 17-year-old Josh Swift, of Broxton, a performing arts student at The Hammond School was killed crossing the A41 on the Chester side of the Broxton roundabout at 5.30pm.Read

Video shows full horror of A51 dangerous driver

Tony Perks, 25, of Tarporley, admitted dangerous driving after seeing the video, which was filmed by shocked motorists Chris Hall and Marc Willis as they followed him on the A51 from Chester to Duddon.Read

I’m terrified to drive

A MOTHER says she is terrified of driving with her baby daughter, after a dangerous driver knocked her car off the road when she was pregnant.Read

TV star films road safety video

IMAGINE driving along a country road and finding a passenger slumped in the front seat of a smashed car – then you recognise her from the TV.Read

Does your son fit the profile of a death crash driver?

Is your son one of the young drivers in Cheshire statistically most likely to kill or injure someone in a car crash? REBECCA EDWARDS finds out how road safety teams are using new survey results to reduce crashesRead

Readers support our campaign

DOZENS of Chronicle readers have signed up in support of our Too Young to Die Campaign to reduce the number of young people who are killed or seriously injured on Cheshire roads each year.Read

Road’s signs of concern

NEW signs on the A41 near Chester which tell drivers the number of deaths and collisions on the road have been labelled as “another distraction on an already dangerous road”.Read

‘Dangerous driver’ is jailed for 12 months

A MECHANIC who raced down a wet main road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic, was jailed for 12 months for smashing head on into a Land Rover.Read

A41 crash driver’s appeal is refused

JUDGES have refused driver Michael Wood’s appeal against his six-month sentence for dangerous driving.Read

Appeal to be heard on Wednesday for A41 crash driver

A41 crash driver Michael Wood’s six-month custodial sentence will go to appeal in London on Wednesday.Read

A41 crash driver to appeal jail sentence

THE driver in the A41 crash that killed sixteen-year-olds Tristan Cook and Dominic Arnold is to appeal his jail sentence.Read

A41 crash driver jailed for six months

WATCHED by families from both sides, Michael Wood showed no emotion as he was sentenced to six months imprisonment for dangerous driving.Read

Technical problem with the pledge form

We have experienced a technical problem with the online pledge form - only affecting those who tried to submit their pledge without including their email address.Read

A crash course in driving

SHOCKING images of the aftermath of a car crash will be used in an attempt to change young people’s attitudes towards driving.Read

Grieving sisters talk about their agony

LAST December the lives of Tristan Cook’s family were turned upside down when he and fellow Christleton High School sixth-former Dominic Arnold were killed in a car crash. In the second week of our Too Young To Die campaign, Tristan’s three sisters talk to REBECCA EDWARDS about their ‘living nightmare’ of losing a brother to irresponsible driving – and the steps they hope will stop other young lives being lost.Read

Our loss must not be in vain

Two families united in grief by the car crash that killed their teenage sons have become the first to pledge support for The Chronicle Too Young To Die campaign.Read