Poor driving has been blamed for Cheshire seeing its highest number of people killed on the roads since 1998.
Recently released figures for 2005 reveal that the county saw a 20% increase in the fatal and serious injuries on its highways compared to the previous year.
In 2005, motorcyclist casualties increased by13% and pedestrians and child casualties were both up by 12%.
Cheshire's casualty report records that 65 people were killed and 542 were seriously injured in road traffic collisions in 2005 on all roads in Cheshire.
Chief Road Safety Engineer Richard Nickson said: "It must never be forgotten that road users are exceptionally vulnerable to the effects of excessive or inappropriate speed, distraction, impairment through drink or drugs or simply poor driving - which is by far the largest problem on our roads.
(As we know, over 90% of accidents are caused by driver error. Ed)
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