Concerns raised 4 Failure to offer refresher training following annual driver appraisals View source Large driver-side blind spots in vans masking pedestrians during right turns View source Lack of front and rear audible impact sensor alarms View source Failure to provide drivers with feedback on annual appraisal assessments View source See 1 more concern
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Michael Shuttleworth · Prevention of Future Deaths report
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Michael Shuttleworth sustained fatal head and chest injuries after being struck by a UPS Mercedes Vario Box Van while crossing Bridge Street in Huddersfield on 5 November 2020. The concerns included a large driver-side blind spot that could completely mask a pedestrian, the absence of front or rear audible impact sensors, and appraisal arrangements that did not provide drivers with feedback or refresher training.
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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 Mercedes-Benz UK Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to offer refresher training following annual driver appraisals
Wider context from the report “6) ████████ gave evidence that UPS drivers were subject to an annual appraisal that involved being accompanied by an assessor who would complete a 60 item tick box form, but that drivers were neither told if they had any part of that assessment or offered any refresher training following such an appraisal .
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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 Mercedes-Benz UK Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Large driver-side blind spots in vans masking pedestrians during right turns
Wider context from the report “(1) ████████ who was suspended by UPS the day after the collision and dismissed by them shortly thereafter, gave evidence that his view from the van when making right turns such as this one was obscured by a large blind spot.
(2) An independent Forensic Collision Investigator ("FCI") gave evidence that, when sitting in the driver’s seat at the position ████████ had adjusted to, there was a large blind spot to the driver’s offside , which may have masked the presence of Mr Shuttleworth at certain points of the right turn manoeuvre.
(3) The FCI gave evidence that this blind spot area was due to the driver’s offside “A” post and rear-view door mirror assembly and was further affected by the driver’s sliding door frame which enclosed increased the blind spot area. (The FCI said anecdotally, and not as part of his evidence, that he understood that this particular configuration of the Mercedes Vario Box Van was unique to vans supplied by Mercedes to UPS.)
4) The FCI gave evidence that, using ████████ van, he was able to reconstruct at the scene a scenario whereby a pedestrian crossing Bridge Street as Mr Shuttleworth was completely masked by the van’s mirror assembly, “A” post and door frame .
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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 Mercedes-Benz UK Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Lack of front and rear audible impact sensor alarms
Wider context from the report “5) ████████ gave evidence that the van was equipped with a rear facing camera to aid reversing, but no front or rear facing audible impact sensor alarms .
” Open source report × 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 Mercedes-Benz UK Limited; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation Failure to provide drivers with feedback on annual appraisal assessments
Wider context from the report “6) ████████ gave evidence that UPS drivers were subject to an annual appraisal that involved being accompanied by an assessor who would complete a 60 item tick box form, but that drivers were neither told if they had any part of that assessment or offered any refresher training following such an appraisal.
” Open source report
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