Recipient

Affinity Water Limited

First report 20 Feb 2025•Latest report 20 Feb 2025

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Private and voluntary organisations · Private limited company. This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports: 1
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 3
Stated actions: 5

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5stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Affinity Water Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

20 Feb2025
Essex
Concerns raised4
1. Inadequate Code of Practice guidance for calculating street works distances where standard reference points or markings are unavailable or variable
2. Difficulties in calculating distances for roadworks set up in darkness
3. Failure to place road works warning signs without obscuring visibility of joining traffic
1. Absence of a requirement to notify fatalities within roadworks on permit applications
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 2
1. Action
  Strengthen planning and execution of emergency roadworks and implement stricter contractor-oversight protocols, supported by regular audits and assessments.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Work collaboratively with the Department for Transport and councils on proposed Code revisions or new rules for permit applications and safe roadworks.
  Stated planned
Respondent positions 2
1. Position
  Affinity disputes that fatal incidents must be notified on retrospective roadworks permit applications, stating that no such requirement exists.
  Disputes the concern
1. Position
  Responding to the second concern falls outside Affinity’s remit because the Department for Transport publishes and controls the Safety at Street Works Code.
  Outside remit
AI-generated summary

Paul Stephen Collingridge · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Paul Stephen Collingridge, aged 28, died on 6 December 2022 from multiple traumatic injuries after his motorcycle high-sided near overnight roadworks and he was struck by oncoming traffic. The report raised concerns about the setting out and measurement of roadworks in darkness and on curved roads, the placement of a warning sign that obscured visibility, and the absence of a requirement to report a fatality on a retrospective permit application.

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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. The report was sent to Affinity Water Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Inadequate Code of Practice guidance for calculating street works distances where standard reference points or markings are unavailable or variable
Wider context from the report
“(2) The Safety of Street Works Code of Practice sets out how to take measurements to set out street works that include utilising street furniture that are at set distances and standard road markings that have standard lengths on carriageways with specific road speeds. a. Some carriageways do not have street furniture b. Some of the road markings on the carriage where the fatal collision did not comply to standard lengths and therefore the markings can have variations. c. The Code of Practice does not set out how to calculate the distance where there is road curvature where the road markings have differing lengths on opposing sides where the markings are delineated on bends in a carriageway. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Affinity Water Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Difficulties in calculating distances for roadworks set up in darkness
Wider context from the report
“(1) Where Road Works Permits are required by utility companies these are often urgent to carry out vital repairs. This can mean that roadworks are set up in hours of darkness and may cause difficulties calculating distances as set out in the Safety at Street Works Code of Practice. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Affinity Water Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
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Failure to place road works warning signs without obscuring visibility of joining traffic
Wider context from the report
“(3) A road works warning sign was placed at the junction that joined the carriageway of a road that obscured visibility of traffic joining the main carriageway. Whilst this did not cause or contribute to this incident this was not in accordance with the Code of Practice. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Affinity Water Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Absence of a requirement to notify fatalities within roadworks on permit applications
Wider context from the report
“(4) The fatal incident that occurred on 6 December 2022 was not notified on the retrospective permit application for roadworks on the following day. There is no requirement for a fatality within roadworks be notified on application for an application for a permit . ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation
Strengthen planning and execution of emergency roadworks and implement stricter contractor-oversight protocols, supported by regular audits and assessments.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Following Paul’s death, Affinity reviewed its traffic management practices including the strengthening of our planning and execution of emergency works and have already implemented stricter protocols with regard to oversight of our contractors. Regular audits and assessments are carried out to monitor adherence and identify areas for continuous improvement. This has resulted in a significant reduction in the number of street works requiring emergency permits.”

Source location
Response from Affinity Water
Page 2 · response
Published 25 February 2025
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation
Work collaboratively with the Department for Transport and councils on proposed Code revisions or new rules for permit applications and safe roadworks.

Verbatim wording from the response
“Affinity will also work collaboratively with DfT and councils in relation to any proposed revisions to the Code and/or any new rules with regard to permit applications and the safe conduct of roadworks.”

Source location
Response from Affinity Water
Page 3 · response
Published 25 February 2025
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How this respondent position was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation
Affinity disputes that fatal incidents must be notified on retrospective roadworks permit applications, stating that no such requirement exists.

Verbatim wording from the response
“(3) Matter of concern: The fatal incident that occurred on 6 December 2022 was not notified on the retrospective permit application for roadworks on the following day. There is no requirement for a fatality within roadworks be notified on application for an application for a permit.”

Source location
Response from Affinity Water
Page 2 · response
Published 25 February 2025
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How this respondent position was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation
Responding to the second concern falls outside Affinity’s remit because the Department for Transport publishes and controls the Safety at Street Works Code.

Verbatim wording from the response
“is proposed. We have not provided a response to the second matter of concern as the Safety at Street Works Code of Practice (the “Code”) is published and controlled by the Department of Transport (DfT) and therefore we do not believe that Affinity is required to respond to that point.”

Source location
Response from Affinity Water
Page 2 · response
Published 25 February 2025
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised4

Inadequate Code of Practice guidance for calculating street works distances where standard reference points or markings are unavailable or variable

Difficulties in calculating distances for roadworks set up in darkness

Failure to place road works warning signs without obscuring visibility of joining traffic

Absence of a requirement to notify fatalities within roadworks on permit applications

Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.2

Respondent positions A position is what this recipient says about the concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

Actions described in response 2

Respondent positions 2