After two days of confusion over contrasting figures, CPRE apologised for its error - but said that it would be better if clean energy statistics were not held by the industry body in question.

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Mr Foster added statistics had found that about 95% of all road collisions were caused by human error which suggested they could and must be prevented.

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For example, the commission cites statistics showing that predominantly African-American voting precincts were more likely to use older voting systems with higher error rates than more affluent, predominantly white voting districts.

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