Includes failures of vehicle lighting and signalling controls involving missing or prohibited lamps, inadequate visibility or conspicuity, insufficient redundancy, masking, confusing positioning or colour, and comparable design or maintenance deficiencies that impair reliable signalling or warning to road users.
What is not included
Excludes broader vehicle approval or type-approval regime failures where vehicle lighting or signalling is not the specific deficient control.
Excludes general vehicle maintenance, road lighting, driver behaviour and road-infrastructure deficiencies that do not concern vehicle-mounted lighting or signalling.
Excludes vehicle visibility hazards involving mirrors, windows or blind spots where lighting or signalling is not the shared unsafe condition.
Excludes failures limited to a particular lighting component when no recurring vehicle lighting or signalling safety condition is supported.
Trends
Reports over time
Reports mentioning this concern, over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Department for Transport2
Bucher Municipal Limited1
Ceredigion County Council1
DAF Trucks Limited1
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency1
Road Haulage Association Limited1
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain1
Whitelock Plant Ltd.1
Ministerial department2
Private limited company2
Road and vehicle agency1
Road transport regulator1
Transport sector body1
Welsh county council1
Reports and published responses 4 reports
See individual reports that have raised this concern, and the actions taken in response
West Sussex
Concerns raised1
Failure to ensure that rear flashing warning lights are distinguishable from directional indicator lights
No linked response statements
No respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
County of Ceredigion
Concerns raised1
Missing indicator side repeater lamps
This report raised 3 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
Bucher Municipal Limited
Ceredigion County Council
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
Bucher Municipal Limited
Provide customers with lifelong servicing and maintenance information, spare parts, technical training, and maintenance and repair services through the service network.
Ceredigion County Council
Conduct random monthly gate checks covering at least ten vehicles across the operating centres, including vehicle condition, defect books and drivers’ hours records.
Ceredigion County Council
Maintain Transport Maintenance Unit professional development, including HGV inspection training, IRTEC technician accreditation and relevant MOT-tester training.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.3
Bucher Municipal Limited
Regular maintenance, identifying defects, assessing roadworthiness and withdrawing the machine were not the manufacturer's responsibility.
Outside remitThe respondent said that this matter was outside its role or authority.
Ceredigion County Council
The matters of concern did not cause or contribute to the death, and no similar vehicle incidents have occurred.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Ceredigion County Council
Existing vehicle maintenance systems, subsequent enhancements, and independent regulatory findings were considered sufficient to address future risk.
Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.
West Yorkshire Eastern
Concerns raised2
Failure of HGV rear hazard warning lights to remain working and sufficiently conspicuous
Lack of duplicate rear indicator and hazard warning lights on HGVs
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Linked responses
DAF Trucks Limited
Road Haulage Association Limited
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
Whitelock Developments Ltd
Stated actions An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.5
Whitelock Developments Ltd
Instruct drivers to check rear light lenses during shifts and clean them when necessary.
Whitelock Developments Ltd
Consider fitting rear auxiliary warning lights to each vehicle.
Road Haulage Association Limited
Raise awareness of equipment shortages and driver training through weekly member emails and the members’ app.
Road Haulage Association Limited
Publish a members’ magazine article examining the shortcomings identified by the coroner.
Road Haulage Association Limited
Raise equipment and driver-training issues at forthcoming member events, briefings and future compliance conferences.
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.5
DAF Trucks Limited
Another organisation controlled completion approval and rear-lamp conspicuity, so the manufacturer considered no action necessary on that issue.
Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
DAF Trucks Limited
The original lighting system was replaced with alternative LED lamps, removing bulb monitoring, so the manufacturer considered no action necessary.
Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
Road Haulage Association Limited
The trade association lacks authority to compel haulage operators to address equipment and training shortcomings.
Outside remitThe respondent said that this matter was outside its role or authority.
Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
The Department for Transport is responsible for considering vehicle-design legislation and mandatory warning-triangle requirements.
Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
Road Haulage Association Limited
Regulators and the Department for Transport hold the relevant powers over enforcement, operator expectations and legislation.
Redirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.
County Durham and Darlington
Concerns raised1
Lack of requirements for flashing warning beacons on such vehicles travelling on roads outside the 1989 Regulations
Linked response
Department for Transport
Respondent positions A position is what a respondent says about the concern when they do not describe a specific action.1
Department for Transport
Available collision statistics do not suggest that mandatory amber beacon requirements would reduce casualties, making such a requirement unlikely to be supported.
Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.
Actions and positions describe what organisations say in published responses. Implementation is not independently verified.