Chester Chronicle - Campaigns - Cheshire Road Safety

Online pledge can make a difference

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

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

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

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Video shows full horror of A51 dangerous driver

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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.

I’m terrified to drive

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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.

TV star films road safety video

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:05:00 GMT

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.

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

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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 crashes

Readers support our campaign

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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.

Road’s signs of concern

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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”.

‘Dangerous driver’ is jailed for 12 months

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.

A41 crash driver’s appeal is refused

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:37:00 GMT

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

Appeal to be heard on Wednesday for A41 crash driver

Chester Chronicle — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:04:00 GMT

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

A41 crash driver to appeal jail sentence

Chester Chronicle — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:49:00 GMT

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

A41 crash driver jailed for six months

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:16:56 GMT

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

Technical problem with the pledge form

Chester Chronicle — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:34:00 GMT

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.

A crash course in driving

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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

Grieving sisters talk about their agony

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:04:00 GMT

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.

Our loss must not be in vain

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:05:00 GMT

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.

Make a pledge to help save a life in 2008

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:04:00 GMT

The Chronicle believes too many young drivers and passengers die on Cheshire roads every year.

Family continues Dom’s conservation fight to save orang-utans

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

ANIMAL lover and strict vegetarian Dominic Arnold’s memory lives on through his family’s work to rescue orphaned orang-utans in Borneo.

Tristan was a live wire

Chester Chronicle — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT

TRISTAN Cook will always be remembered as “a joker with a generous heart,” say his family.