Police and Crime Commissioner Alison Hernandez has called for a united effort to reduce the number of deaths on Devon and Cornwall’s roads after new figures showed a rise in fatalities.

A Department for Transport report shows there were 63 deaths in the region in 2017, 12 more than in 2016. In 2015 there were 36 road deaths.

Of those killed last year, 15 were motorcyclists.

Ms Hernandez said: ’I am concerned about the alarming number of deaths on Devon and Cornwall roads. This is something that law enforcers, educators and the driving public have to work together to combat.’