Concerns raised 2 Failure to limit mirrors and guards to 20 centimetres from the widest part of vehicles View source Failure to maintain mirrors and guards at least 2 metres from the road surface View source
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
Action
Rotate both wing mirrors on Vehicles 1 and 2 by 180 degrees to reduce their projection below 20 centimetres.
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Action
Apply the mirror-modification procedure to vehicles purchased in future.
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Action
Remove wing-mirror protectors from all vehicles under two metres high.
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HOLLY CHEVASSUT · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Report summary
On 31 October 2018, Holly Chevassut was walking along an unlit rural lane when she was hit by apparatus protecting the wing mirror of a passing recovery lorry. The concern was that GRS Recovery continued to operate vehicles with mirrors and guards positioned low and projecting beyond the vehicle, creating a risk of injury or death to people overtaken by them.
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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 GRS Recovery Warwickshire Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to limit mirrors and guards to 20 centimetres from the widest part of vehicles
Wider context from the report “(1) GRS continues to operate vehicles with mirrors and guards the height of which are under 2 ms from the road surface and which project more than 20 cms from the widest part of those vehicles . Such a configuration creates a risk of personal injury and death to people overtaken by these vehicles.
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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 GRS Recovery Warwickshire Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to maintain mirrors and guards at least 2 metres from the road surface
Wider context from the report “(1) GRS continues to operate vehicles with mirrors and guards the height of which are under 2 ms from the road surface and which project more than 20 cms from the widest part of those vehicles. Such a configuration creates a risk of personal injury and death to people overtaken by these vehicles.
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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 Rotate both wing mirrors on Vehicles 1 and 2 by 180 degrees to reduce their projection below 20 centimetres.
Verbatim wording from the response “13. Therefore, in order to reduce the width of the wing mirrors GRS Recovery has rotated both offside and near side wing mirrors 180 degrees. This places the longer area which faced outwards from the tubular metal frame inward and vice versa. Consequently, this reduces the width of the wing mirrors. GRS Recovery provides the following examples from the offside and nearside mirrors of Vehicle 2 in Photos B and C.” Source location 2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
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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 Apply the mirror-modification procedure to vehicles purchased in future.
Verbatim wording from the response “13. Therefore, in order to reduce the width of the wing mirrors GRS Recovery has rotated both offside and near side wing mirrors 180 degrees. This places the longer area which faced outwards from the tubular metal frame inward and vice versa. Consequently, this reduces the width of the wing mirrors. GRS Recovery provides the following examples from the offside and nearside mirrors of Vehicle 2 in Photos B and C.” Source location 2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
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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 Remove wing-mirror protectors from all vehicles under two metres high.
Verbatim wording from the response “Methods undertaken to reduce the width of the wing-mirrors.” Source location 2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
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