Recurring concern

Failure to maintain roads, pavements and verges in a safe state of repair

First to latest report 16 Mar 2015 — 28 Aug 2024

Reports that mention this concern
21
Times this concern has been raised
25
Stated actions linked to this concern
39

What this concern includes

Includes unsafe road surfaces, pavement or junction fabric and adjoining verge conditions caused by inadequate maintenance or repair.

What is not included
  • Road lighting, signs, markings, drainage or barriers unless the deficient control is physical repair of the road, pavement or verge
  • Unsafe original road design with no maintenance failure
  • Vehicle-maintenance failures

Reports and published responses 21 reports

See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response

  1. Central Lincolnshire

    AI-generated summary

    Joshua David Booth · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Joshua David Booth sustained fatal injuries after his vehicle lost control on a heavily subsided section of road, collided with a wooden post and entered Fodder Drain. The report identified the road subsidence, inadequate warning signage and the posts at the foot of the bank as serious dangers to motorists and contributory concerns relating to the death.

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    Source evidence

    How this individual concern was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to maintain the road in a safe condition following subsidence

    Wider context from the report

    “(I)        The subsided section of road is seriously substandard and a danger to passing motorists and formed a contributory factor to Mr Booth's death. The section of road requires immediate repair. ”

    Source location

    Joshua David Booth · Prevention of Future Deaths report
    Page 1 · concerns

    Open source report

    Source evidence

    How this respondent action was interpreted

    PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Level the subsided road section with bituminous material to provide a more regular public surface.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “1. The discrete section of road identified in your report which had been subject to subsidence has now been levelled with bituminous material to provide a more regular surface for the public.”

    Source location

    2015-0125-Response-by-Lincolnshire-County-Council
    Page 1 · response
    Published 16 March 2015

    Open published response

Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.

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Data last updated 7 September 2026