Contrast this story to N Wales Police's Arrive Alive's quote in Tuesday's Daily Post, as detailed in
this thread:
Quote:
Arrive Alive spokesman Inspector Essi Ahari said: "The number of tickets and fines have never been a measure of our success.
"Our sussess is measured by the reduction of casualties in North Wales. The latest confirmed figures place North Wales among the best in Europe for casualty reduction.
"Moreover, since January, our fatalities have decreased from 24 to 7 which is a significant reduction of 71%.
"As far as we are concerned saving lives and reducing casualties is and has always been our goal.
"Safety is one of the main concerns of our communities in North Wales and we are inundated by requests from those communities to enforce safety restrictions in their areas."
Oh dear...
Link
Daily Post
Road casualties rise across North Wales
Jun 29 2007
By David Powell
THE number of people killed and injured on the roads of North Wales increased last year, according to figures released yesterday.(Thurs)
The region saw 3,052 road casualties and deaths in 2006, compared with 2,684 in 2005 - a rise of 368.
But the latest figure, released by the Welsh Assembly Government, is still more than a thousand lower than the 1994-98 average of 4,068.
It is also lower than the 2001 figure of 3,690.
The total number of people killed on all Welsh roads in 2006 was 163 - 9.4% fewer than the previous year.
A further 1,210 people were seriously injured last year, a rise of 5.6% on 2005.
The mother of one of the 163 people killed said she was glad the number had fallen but that bald statistics tend to mask stories of personal grief.
Heather Rowlands’s son, 17-year-old apprentice joiner Gareth Jones, was killed when his Peugeot car crossed lanes on the A55 Expressway in Llanfairpwll and collided with a school minibus in March last year.
The 44-year-old mum, of Llanfairpwll, said: "The statistics are encouraging but they do not change our situation, which is living without Gareth.
"It is important to remember that behind each of those 163 deaths, there will be parents and loved ones and friends who have gone through experiences similar to ours.
"I hate to think of just one family going through that, never mind 162."
Mrs Rowlands is coping with the loss by fundraising for youngsters in Llanfairpwll, and the road safety charity BRAKE, in Gareth’s memory.
She will hold a James Bond themed casino night, featuring a charity auction, at the Carreg Mon Hotel, Llanfairpwll, on Friday, July 13 at 7pm. Gareth’s brother, Jason, 15, will play his flugel cornet during the evening’s entertainment.
Mrs Rowlands said: "It has taken time, 16 months, after losing a son to get to here. But I’m trying to be positive and work with Jason. He has a new life and I have to be positive for him."
She said Jason is a police cadet and plans to take an HND course in public service at Coleg Menai in September. Then he hopes to study criminology at the University of Manchester before joining the police.
Mrs Rowlands thanked family liaison officer Arwyn Phillips for supporting her family. He has even taken Jason to meet CID officers during the investigation into Gareth’s accident.
On road safety, Mrs Rowlands will this year visit colleges to talk to students.
She said the road risks, especially for men under 24, include excessive speed, drug taking, use of mobile phones and lack of seatbelts. She added: "We want to prevent any other family going through what we’ve gone through."
For a £15 entertainment-only ticket (for cocktails on arrival and entry to the casino from 8pm) ring Mrs Rowlands on [Removed].
Casualty figures (fatalities and injuries) reported to North Wales Police and forwarded to Welsh Assembly Government:
Anglesey 365 average in 1994-98; 240 in 2006
Gwynedd 710 average in 1994-98; 556 in 2006
Conwy 626 average in 1994-98; 523 in 2006
Denbighshire 659 average in 1994-98; 441 in 2006
Flintshire 991 average in 1994-98; 696 in 2006
Wrexham 717 average in 1994-98; 596 in 2006.
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