A total of 49 people have been killed on West Yorkshire's roads so far this year, according to stark new figures released as part of Road Safety Week 2019.

In addition, 3,280 were injured, according to the statistics which look at the first forty-five weeks of 2019.

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is using the week to remind people of the so-called ‘fatal four’ offences, which are speeding, drink/drug driving, not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone at the wheel.

So far in 2019 firefighters have attended 573 road traffic collisions in West Yorkshire.

To spread a safe driving message to young people, WYFRS is hosting a road safety roadshow at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, with hundreds of young people due to attend.

This is the seventh year for the roadshow, which is held on Thursday, and is aimed at 15 and 16 year olds who may be learning to drive in the near future.

Emergency service representatives from the fire service, police and ambulance service will give a talk on road safety, along with the moving experiences of a father of a child who died in a road traffic collision.