This was one of the highest number ever recorded. Including crashes where no one was injured, it is estimated that some 30,000 collisions took place in the same period in the Leeds District. Road crashes are the largest killer of children under the age of 15. Nearly all crashes happen because one or more people make a mistake.
Research shows that two thirds of drivers break speed limits some of the time.
The Posy Campaign offers you an opportunity to consider the lives and the tragic deaths of victims of road crashes. It does this by raising people's awareness of the scale of the casualty problem and offers some advice on actions we can all take to reduce this dreadful toll. Commemorate the life, and the tragic death, of someone you knew who has died in a road crash, by laying a posy at the site of the crash on the campaign launch day of Wednesday 19 May 1999, or a day special to you. Think about your own driving. Never drive if you have had a drink.