6 Mar 2025 Arsalan Khalid BAIG · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (Western)
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Concerns raised 2 Lack of adequate street lighting View source Lack of appropriate traffic warning signs for the approaching wall and road turn View source
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Arsalan Khalid BAIG · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Arsalan Khalid Baig was a front-seat passenger in a car that collided with a brick wall on Dryden Street, Bradford, after the driver was intoxicated following drug use and travelling at more than twice the speed limit. Mr Baig sustained severe head injuries and died in hospital on 31 July 2022. The substantive concern was that poor street lighting and the absence of appropriate traffic warning signs may have contributed to the death.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of adequate street lighting
Wider context from the report “The deceased was a passenger in a motor vehicle driven by Mohammed Azad Baig upon the late evening of 30th July 2022.
The car containing both Mr Khan and Mr Baig was travelling along Dryden Street Bradford towards a right hand turn into Buck Street , whilst also approaching a brick wall at the end of Dryden Street.
The street was badly lit with no traffic warning signs provided to the driver or his passenger as to the approaching wall and a 90 degree turn of the road onto Buck Street.
It is my concern that it is more likely than not that the absence of good street lighting and lack of appropriate traffic warning signs contributed in part to the death of the deceased.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of appropriate traffic warning signs for the approaching wall and road turn
Wider context from the report “The deceased was a passenger in a motor vehicle driven by Mohammed Azad Baig upon the late evening of 30th July 2022.
The car containing both Mr Khan and Mr Baig was travelling along Dryden Street Bradford towards a right hand turn into Buck Street , whilst also approaching a brick wall at the end of Dryden Street.
The street was badly lit with no traffic warning signs provided to the driver or his passenger as to the approaching wall and a 90 degree turn of the road onto Buck Street .
It is my concern that it is more likely than not that the absence of good street lighting and lack of appropriate traffic warning signs contributed in part to the death of the deceased.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Install a new street-lighting column at the Dryden Street and Buck Street corner facing approaching traffic.
Verbatim wording from the response “I can confirm that following the incident:” Source location Response from Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Install a TSRGD 515.1 chevron sign on the new lighting column to highlight the road’s 90-degree alignment.
Verbatim wording from the response “I can confirm that following the incident:” Source location Response from Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Install a TSRGD 512 “Left Bend Ahead” warning sign on the left-hand side of Dryden Street.
Verbatim wording from the response “I can confirm that following the incident:” Source location Response from Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Extreme speeding and intoxication make it uncertain that additional measures would have materially altered the collision outcome.
Verbatim wording from the response “It should be noted that TSRGD 512 and 515.1 signs are generally reserved for higher-speed environments, where the prevalence of bends presents a demonstrable collision risk. National guidance, through TSRGD and the Traffic Signs Manual, cautions against unnecessary proliferation of such signs in 30 mph urban settings to avoid street clutter and the risk of driver desensitisation at locations where warning signs are most critical.” Source location Response from Bradford Council
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6 Mar 2025 Mohammed Azad KHAN · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (Western)
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Concerns raised 2 Failure to provide advance warning road signs for the dead end and left turn View source Insufficient street lighting obscuring the left turn and wall View source
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Mohammed Azad KHAN · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Mohammed Azad Khan died at the scene after his vehicle collided with a brick wall on Dryden Street, Bradford, in the early hours of 31 July 2022. The report identified concerns that the bend and wall were obscured by darkness, street lighting was insufficient, and there were no warning signs for the dead end or turn, which may have contributed to the collision.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to provide advance warning road signs for the dead end and left turn
Wider context from the report “The fatal accident took place at the end of Dryden Street Bradford where the street becomes Buck street following a 90 degree left turn.
At the time of collision at 23.32 hours on 30th July 2022, the street was badly lit , with the left turn and wall at the end of Dryden Street being obscured by the darkness with the result that a collision of the car driven by the deceased and the wall facing him took place.
No warning road signs were placed to warn drivers of the dead end of the street or the left turn in advance ; the absence of which together with insufficient street lighting may in all probability have contributed to the fatal accident ensuing.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Insufficient street lighting obscuring the left turn and wall
Wider context from the report “The fatal accident took place at the end of Dryden Street Bradford where the street becomes Buck street following a 90 degree left turn.
At the time of collision at 23.32 hours on 30th July 2022, the street was badly lit , with the left turn and wall at the end of Dryden Street being obscured by the darkness with the result that a collision of the car driven by the deceased and the wall facing him took place.
No warning road signs were placed to warn drivers of the dead end of the street or the left turn in advance; the absence of which together with insufficient street lighting may in all probability have contributed to the fatal accident ensuing.
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3 Aug 2023 Leah BARBER · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (Western)
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Concerns raised 2 Lack of an integrated overview of Council involvement with individuals View source Absence of a single point of oversight for deaths involving previous Council involvement View source
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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. 3
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Maintain a departmental risk register and management-team oversight of child deaths, serious incidents, significant events, actions and lessons learned.
Stated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 4 August 2023. View source
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Implement serious-incident and significant-event guidance, forms and escalation processes requiring service actions, senior review and departmental management-team oversight.
Stated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 4 August 2023. View source
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Implement Children’s Services Review Guidance, a notification form and coordinated processes to collect information, identify systemic issues, pursue enquiries and make recommendations after a child’s death.
Stated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 4 August 2023. View source
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Leah BARBER · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Leah BARBER, aged 15, was found deceased at Bolton Woods Quarry on 3 June 2019 after falling from a height of around 30 metres. The inquest concluded that Leah had taken her own life. The principal concern was that Bradford Council had no system or single point of oversight providing an overview of its involvement with Leah and similar deaths, limiting its ability to identify and learn lessons and contributing to a risk of future deaths.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of an integrated overview of Council involvement with individuals
Wider context from the report “A detailed review of the evidence in this case, which included evidence from two Schools (████████), as well as from Bradford Children's Social Services, the TRACKS Education team (at Bradford Council), the SCIL Team and the Council's SEND Team, revealed that no one person or department at Bradford Council had an overview of Council's involvement in relation to Leah (prior to her death) .
Of greater concern was that that remained so after each of the Council departments involved were notified that Leah had passed away.
Every organisation which had contact with the Coroner's service in relation to Leah's death, with the exception of Bradford Council, was able to provide the Court with an overview/analysis of their involvement with Leah prior to her death and (where appropriate) the lessons they had learnt as a result their involvement with Leah.
The Police and the local Mental Health Trust were examples of two public bodies who had and were able to provide an overview/analysis to the Court in terms of their involvement with Leah and confirm whether there were any lessons to be learned by them.
The evidence provided by witnesses from the various Bradford Council teams which were involved with Leah, showed a clear disconnect in the involvement of the various Council departments. That was not caused by those individuals who had provided written statements to the Court or the two who attended to provide oral evidence.
Whilst the Inquest hearing did not identify actions/omissions on the part of individuals/teams within the Council which more than minimally, negligibly or trivially contributed to Leah's death, the concern is that Bradford Council appeared not to have a system/process in place which allowed anyone (whether an individual / a team) within the Council to have an overview of deaths where there had been previous Council involvement with the deceased (in this case a child).
In the apparent absence of such oversight Bradford Council would not be able to learn lessons from such cases (or even know if there were lessons to be learned). The absence of such a single point of oversight as was apparent in Leah's case, contributes to the risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Absence of a single point of oversight for deaths involving previous Council involvement
Wider context from the report “A detailed review of the evidence in this case, which included evidence from two Schools (████████), as well as from Bradford Children's Social Services, the TRACKS Education team (at Bradford Council), the SCIL Team and the Council's SEND Team, revealed that no one person or department at Bradford Council had an overview of Council's involvement in relation to Leah (prior to her death).
Of greater concern was that that remained so after each of the Council departments involved were notified that Leah had passed away.
Every organisation which had contact with the Coroner's service in relation to Leah's death, with the exception of Bradford Council, was able to provide the Court with an overview/analysis of their involvement with Leah prior to her death and (where appropriate) the lessons they had learnt as a result their involvement with Leah.
The Police and the local Mental Health Trust were examples of two public bodies who had and were able to provide an overview/analysis to the Court in terms of their involvement with Leah and confirm whether there were any lessons to be learned by them.
The evidence provided by witnesses from the various Bradford Council teams which were involved with Leah, showed a clear disconnect in the involvement of the various Council departments. That was not caused by those individuals who had provided written statements to the Court or the two who attended to provide oral evidence.
Whilst the Inquest hearing did not identify actions/omissions on the part of individuals/teams within the Council which more than minimally, negligibly or trivially contributed to Leah's death, the concern is that Bradford Council appeared not to have a system/process in place which allowed anyone (whether an individual / a team) within the Council to have an overview of deaths where there had been previous Council involvement with the deceased (in this case a child).
In the apparent absence of such oversight Bradford Council would not be able to learn lessons from such cases (or even know if there were lessons to be learned). The absence of such a single point of oversight as was apparent in Leah's case, contributes to the risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Maintain a departmental risk register and management-team oversight of child deaths, serious incidents, significant events, actions and lessons learned.
Verbatim wording from the response “The Children’s Services Departmental Management Team (DMT) now maintain a risk register to ensure their oversight of any serious incidents or significant events and that current progress is made on identified actions, and that lessons learned are acted on. At the DMT meeting the circumstances of the incident is discussed between the Director of Children’s Services (DCS) and the Assistant Directors (ADs) within Children Services. Where appropriate, actions are agreed, including the team that will coordinate a response. The child remains on the risk register until the actions have been resolved. This change means that the DCS as an individual and the appropriate team asked to coordinate the actions, have oversight and responsibility for those actions.” Source location Response from City of Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Implement serious-incident and significant-event guidance, forms and escalation processes requiring service actions, senior review and departmental management-team oversight.
Verbatim wording from the response “The Serious Incident or Significant Events Guidance, Form and processes, were further developed and implemented in 2020. These processes are used when there is a death of any child, including where abuse or neglect are thought to have contributed to the child’s death. This also includes death by suspected suicide. One of the key changes to the form was the requirement for the relevant Head of Service (HoS) to set out the actions to be taken and for the relevant Assistant Director to give a view about any additional actions need to be taken. This is sent to the DCS to review and is then discussed on Departmental Management Team as outlined earlier. This makes sure that senior leaders in Children’s Services are sighted and reviewing information and decisions about a significant or serious event quickly. This change was put in place in November 2021.” Source location Response from City of Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Implement Children’s Services Review Guidance, a notification form and coordinated processes to collect information, identify systemic issues, pursue enquiries and make recommendations after a child’s death.
Verbatim wording from the response “There have been improvements to the notification process following the death of a child since 2019. Children’s Services Review Guidance (2022) has been produced and this includes a new form and improved processes that systematically collects information within children services when a child has died. This form also seeks to identify systemic issues, key lines of enquiry and provides recommendations. This is coordinated by the Council’s Education Safeguarding Team.” Source location Response from City of Bradford Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Existing oversight, notification and information-sharing processes are considered sufficient to ensure organisational oversight and learning from child deaths.
Verbatim wording from the response “Having taken time to look into the concerns, I am able to reassure you that following Leah’s death we do now have strengthened processes to make sure that we have organisational oversight where we have more than one team involved and a child dies. We acknowledge that our staff who gave evidence at the inquest did not share the arrangements that have been put in place since Leah’s death.” Source location Response from City of Bradford Council
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6 May 2016 Lee James Nauman · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (Western)
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Concerns raised 2 Failure to keep the road surface clear of leaf and soil debris View source Failure to maintain the road surface free from potholes View source
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Lee James Nauman · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Lee James Nauman died after losing control of his motorcycle on Lee Lane and colliding with an oncoming vehicle, sustaining fatal head injuries. Evidence at the inquest identified a crumbling road edge, a pothole and leaf and soil debris across the road; although these were not shown to have caused the loss of control, a contributory effect could not be discounted. The concern was to review the road conditions and consider whether remedial action was appropriate.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to keep the road surface clear of leaf and soil debris
Wider context from the report “During the course of the inquest I heard evidence from ████████ (Collision Investigator), who conducted an examination of the road surface approximately 32.4 metres to the Cottingley side of the collision scene and found that the extreme nearside edge of the road surface was broken and crumbling away, leaving a pothole approximately 4 metres long and 5cm deep encroaching onto the road surface approximately 0.6 metres from the extreme nearside edge. He also found an area of leaf and soil debris upon the road surface 14 metres in length across the whole width of the road encompassing the pothole . Although there was no evidence to suggest that this caused or contributed to the loss of control of the motorcycle, ████████ was unable to discount the possibility that it may have had a contributory effect.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to maintain the road surface free from potholes
Wider context from the report “During the course of the inquest I heard evidence from ████████ (Collision Investigator), who conducted an examination of the road surface approximately 32.4 metres to the Cottingley side of the collision scene and found that the extreme nearside edge of the road surface was broken and crumbling away, leaving a pothole approximately 4 metres long and 5cm deep encroaching onto the road surface approximately 0.6 metres from the extreme nearside edge . He also found an area of leaf and soil debris upon the road surface 14 metres in length across the whole width of the road encompassing the pothole. Although there was no evidence to suggest that this caused or contributed to the loss of control of the motorcycle, ████████ was unable to discount the possibility that it may have had a contributory effect.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Order pothole filling and edge-of-carriageway patching at locations between Cottingley Moor Road and Bank Top.
Verbatim wording from the response “Following an inspection of Lee Lane, some work was ordered on w/c 16 May to address issued identified during a site inspection of the issues highlighted in the Regulation 28 notification. These works consist of pothole filling and patching, primarily along the edge of carriageway at various locations between Cottingley Moor Road and Bank Top.” Source location Response from Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Inspect Lee Lane and identify carriageway defects requiring remedial work.
Verbatim wording from the response “Following an inspection of Lee Lane, some work was ordered on w/c 16 May to address issued identified during a site inspection of the issues highlighted in the Regulation 28 notification. These works consist of pothole filling and patching, primarily along the edge of carriageway at various locations between Cottingley Moor Road and Bank Top.” Source location Response from Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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2 Dec 2013 Karl Olaf Nilsson · Prevention of Future Deaths report West Yorkshire (Western)
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Concerns raised 3 Inconsistent driver priority at the junction View source Failure of the STOP sign and stop line to be clearly visible View source Failure of the junction layout to provide clear driver orientation View source
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Karl Olaf Nilsson · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Karl Olaf Nilsson died minutes after suffering catastrophic injuries in a motorcycle collision at the junction of Victoria Road and the A657 Saltaire Road on 14 October 2012. The report raised concerns that the junction’s layout and the visibility of the STOP sign may have contributed to the fatality, and noted that this was the only junction along Victoria Road where drivers did not have right of way.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Inconsistent driver priority at the junction
Wider context from the report “1. There are a number of factors which could, in my opinion have caused or contributed to this fatality. Victoria Road is an absolutely straight road which is aligned in almost a perfect north-south direction. It is a wide avenue type of road, with large trees visible on both the east and west pavements. On both sides of the road there are parking bays, and the cars are able to park fully on the road, whilst still leaving ample room for cars to pass in both directions. The layout is the same on both sections of Victoria Road – both before and after it is bisected by the A657 Saltaire Road. There is a gradient of approximately 1:7 stretching uphill from north to south. The slope of the road is only interrupted by the A657, which is perfectly level, but due to the slope of the road, it is not seen until the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. Moreover, due to the slope of the road, the STOP sign and stop line painted on the road is only really visible when the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. The overall layout of the road (i.e. it being perfectly straight with a sort of symmetrical appearance on both sides) contrives to almost create an optical illusion. The driver’s eye is drawn to the horizon in the centre – and as such, the STOP sign at the mouth of the junction is only in the driver’s peripheral vision.
2. I am concerned that the overall layout of this junction was a substantial contributing factor to this fatal accident.
3. I am concerned that the STOP sign is not clearly visible in its current
4. Furthermore, I understand from the evidence which was given to me that this is the only junction on the entire length of Victoria Road where the driver does not have right of way. It is possible that Mr Nilsson became confused as to where he was on Victoria Road.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of the STOP sign and stop line to be clearly visible
Wider context from the report “1. There are a number of factors which could, in my opinion have caused or contributed to this fatality. Victoria Road is an absolutely straight road which is aligned in almost a perfect north-south direction. It is a wide avenue type of road, with large trees visible on both the east and west pavements. On both sides of the road there are parking bays, and the cars are able to park fully on the road, whilst still leaving ample room for cars to pass in both directions. The layout is the same on both sections of Victoria Road – both before and after it is bisected by the A657 Saltaire Road. There is a gradient of approximately 1:7 stretching uphill from north to south. The slope of the road is only interrupted by the A657, which is perfectly level, but due to the slope of the road, it is not seen until the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. Moreover, due to the slope of the road, the STOP sign and stop line painted on the road is only really visible when the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. The overall layout of the road (i.e. it being perfectly straight with a sort of symmetrical appearance on both sides) contrives to almost create an optical illusion. The driver’s eye is drawn to the horizon in the centre – and as such, the STOP sign at the mouth of the junction is only in the driver’s peripheral vision.
2. I am concerned that the overall layout of this junction was a substantial contributing factor to this fatal accident.
3. I am concerned that the STOP sign is not clearly visible in its current
4. Furthermore, I understand from the evidence which was given to me that this is the only junction on the entire length of Victoria Road where the driver does not have right of way. It is possible that Mr Nilsson became confused as to where he was on Victoria Road.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Failure of the junction layout to provide clear driver orientation
Wider context from the report “1. There are a number of factors which could, in my opinion have caused or contributed to this fatality. Victoria Road is an absolutely straight road which is aligned in almost a perfect north-south direction. It is a wide avenue type of road, with large trees visible on both the east and west pavements. On both sides of the road there are parking bays, and the cars are able to park fully on the road, whilst still leaving ample room for cars to pass in both directions. The layout is the same on both sections of Victoria Road – both before and after it is bisected by the A657 Saltaire Road. There is a gradient of approximately 1:7 stretching uphill from north to south. The slope of the road is only interrupted by the A657, which is perfectly level, but due to the slope of the road, it is not seen until the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. Moreover, due to the slope of the road, the STOP sign and stop line painted on the road is only really visible when the driver is approximately 20 meters from the junction. The overall layout of the road (i.e. it being perfectly straight with a sort of symmetrical appearance on both sides) contrives to almost create an optical illusion. The driver’s eye is drawn to the horizon in the centre – and as such, the STOP sign at the mouth of the junction is only in the driver’s peripheral vision.
2. I am concerned that the overall layout of this junction was a substantial contributing factor to this fatal accident.
3. I am concerned that the STOP sign is not clearly visible in its current
4. Furthermore, I understand from the evidence which was given to me that this is the only junction on the entire length of Victoria Road where the driver does not have right of way. It is possible that Mr Nilsson became confused as to where he was on Victoria Road.
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PFD Monitor interpretation Remove five trees at each corner of the junction to improve visibility.
Verbatim wording from the response “I concur with your assessment of the junction under Item 5, Coroner's concerns with the exception of 5.6. The trees (trunks and canopies) assisted with the uneven effect by masking the building lines at the junction. Therefore the optical illusion effect was enhanced by this. This was qualified by attending police officers at the time of the incident. Under my duties as Principal Engineer, I arranged for five trees to be removed at each corner of the junction. This immediately opened up the building lines and improved the visibility of the junction.” Source location Response from Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation Construct the junction improvement scheme with stronger signing, lining, junction demarcation, detection loops and queue-triggered puffin crossing control.
Verbatim wording from the response “A public realm scheme for Victoria Road has recently been awarded funding. This will involve the restoration of Victoria Road back to it's historical beginnings. One of the proposals is to remove all the trees for both sides of Victoria Road as the trees were a later addition to Victoria Road and did not feature in the original plan for the street. A consultant is currently taking place on this. As part of the public realm/safety improvements, a junction improvement scheme is about to be constructed (please find attached plan). The design incorporates stronger signing and lining and a clear, on-road demarcation of the junction from both approaches into Saltaire Road. An addition of detection loops to Victoria Road will assist with right turning vehicles into Saltaire Road. A puffin crossing 10 yards away from the junction will be triggered (i.e.” Source location Response from Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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PFD Monitor interpretation The assessment under item 5.6 is disputed: trees masked building lines and enhanced the junction’s optical illusion.
Verbatim wording from the response “I concur with your assessment of the junction under Item 5, Coroner's concerns with the exception of 5.6. The trees (trunks and canopies) assisted with the uneven effect by masking the building lines at the junction. Therefore the optical illusion effect was enhanced by this. This was qualified by attending police officers at the time of the incident. Under my duties as Principal Engineer, I arranged for five trees to be removed at each corner of the junction. This immediately opened up the building lines and improved the visibility of the junction.” Source location Response from Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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