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Edmontonians are “terrible drivers,” says the city’s police chief, and the massive increase in traffic fatalities this year seems to enforce his belief.

There have been 35 traffic fatalities in Edmonton in 2015, surpassing the totals from each of the past five years. There were 12 more fatalities this year than in 2014. Edmonton’s total also dwarfs those of Calgary (23), Hamilton (18) and Winnipeg (12).

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The victims are drivers and pedestrians; men and women. They range in age from their early 20s to their 90s.

Drivers have crashed into a Walmart, a tree, a cement post, a parked car and a power pole this year. Two pedestrians died after being hit by LRT trains.

In February, a 39-year-old woman died after she was struck by a snow removal vehicle. In March, a 65-year-old woman died after she was mowed down by a bicycle.

Edmontonians continue to tell police that traffic enforcement is their “No. 1 priority,” police Chief Rod Knecht said during a year-end interview.