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Peak District National Park Authority

First report 15 Nov 2013•Latest report 15 Nov 2013

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 100%
Concerns addressed: 3
Stated actions: 13

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13stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Peak District National Park Authority linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

15 Nov2013
Derby and Derbyshire
Concerns raised3
1. Blind bends along the bridleway
2. Extremely narrow and acute bridleway track
3. Absence of a barrier between the bridleway and the river
Responses linked to these concerns
Each statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response 7
1. Action
  Investigate external funding streams and liaise with Derbyshire County Council about incorporating the proposed safety works into its programme.
  Stated in progress
2. Action
  Develop a detailed works specification by appointing replacement specialist engineering expertise and coordinating required safety, gabion, and design input.
  Stated in progress
3. Action
  Notify relevant organisations and residents about identified safety issues and seek their input and required consents for proposed works.
  Stated in progress
1. Action
  Commission and complete a survey assessing river-bank stability, hydrological issues, track widening, and potential safety engineering measures.
  Stated completed
2. Action
  Commission technical tender documents and invite at least three appropriately qualified contractors to bid for the proposed works.
  Stated planned
3. Action
  Install permanent public-safety signage at both ends of the track.
  Stated completed
4. Action
  Continue pursuing required consents from partners during specification development and tendering.
  Stated in progress
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David Allan Cox · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

David Allan Cox died after his vehicle left a narrow, icy bridleway at a sharp blind bend, overturned and entered the river. The principal concern was that the absence of barriers, together with the narrow track and further blind bends, created an ongoing risk of vehicles leaving the bridleway and entering the river.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
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PFD Monitor interpretation
Blind bends along the bridleway
Wider context from the report
“The track at the point of the bend where the vehicles left the track on 24th January 2013 being extremely narrow and acute, leaving no margin for error and creating a risk of other vehicles leaving the track and sliding down the river bank into the river below due to the absence of any barrier. There is no barrier or wall along the length of the bridleway between the track and the river and I had confirmed in evidence that there are in total three blind bends along the length of the bridleway. The presence of two further blind bends along the same track also causes me concern. The concern is that circumstances creating a risk of further deaths will occur or will continue to exist in the future relating to the risk of vehicles leaving the narrow bridleway at the blind bends and rolling into the river due to the track being extremely narrow and the absence of any barrier between the bridleway and the river below. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Extremely narrow and acute bridleway track
Wider context from the report
“The track at the point of the bend where the vehicles left the track on 24th January 2013 being extremely narrow and acute, leaving no margin for error and creating a risk of other vehicles leaving the track and sliding down the river bank into the river below due to the absence of any barrier. There is no barrier or wall along the length of the bridleway between the track and the river and I had confirmed in evidence that there are in total three blind bends along the length of the bridleway. The presence of two further blind bends along the same track also causes me concern. The concern is that circumstances creating a risk of further deaths will occur or will continue to exist in the future relating to the risk of vehicles leaving the narrow bridleway at the blind bends and rolling into the river due to the track being extremely narrow and the absence of any barrier between the bridleway and the river below. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Absence of a barrier between the bridleway and the river
Wider context from the report
“The track at the point of the bend where the vehicles left the track on 24th January 2013 being extremely narrow and acute, leaving no margin for error and creating a risk of other vehicles leaving the track and sliding down the river bank into the river below due to the absence of any barrier. There is no barrier or wall along the length of the bridleway between the track and the river and I had confirmed in evidence that there are in total three blind bends along the length of the bridleway. The presence of two further blind bends along the same track also causes me concern. The concern is that circumstances creating a risk of further deaths will occur or will continue to exist in the future relating to the risk of vehicles leaving the narrow bridleway at the blind bends and rolling into the river due to the track being extremely narrow and the absence of any barrier between the bridleway and the river below. ”
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Investigate external funding streams and liaise with Derbyshire County Council about incorporating the proposed safety works into its programme.

Verbatim wording from the response
“l. Funding”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 5 · response
Published 15 November 2013
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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Develop a detailed works specification by appointing replacement specialist engineering expertise and coordinating required safety, gabion, and design input.

Verbatim wording from the response
“h. Specification for Works”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 3 · response
Published 15 November 2013
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Notify relevant organisations and residents about identified safety issues and seek their input and required consents for proposed works.

Verbatim wording from the response
“e. The Authority made initial written contact with key organisations, including the Partners, on 3 December 2013 to inform them of the issues identified during the inquest, to put them on notice of the impending PFD Report and your emphasis of the need for their input into the consideration and approval of any action taken by the Authority. The key organisations were notified before receipt of the PFD Report and the expert reports (outlined below) to facilitate the implementation of any identified actions as soon as possible. The organisations contacted in early December are as follows:”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 2 · response
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PFD Monitor interpretation
Commission and complete a survey assessing river-bank stability, hydrological issues, track widening, and potential safety engineering measures.

Verbatim wording from the response
“The River Wye Bank Stabilisation Works – Site Assessment Report (the “Survey Report”) was funded and commissioned by the Authority prior to the inquest. The report, which addresses bank stability and wider hydrological issues along the entire length of the track, was prepared by Silkstone Environmental Ltd and SM Foster Associates Ltd further to their respective bank stability and hydrological assessments. A copy is enclosed for your information. Although Silkstone carried out their initial on-site”

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2013-0355-Response
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Commission technical tender documents and invite at least three appropriately qualified contractors to bid for the proposed works.

Verbatim wording from the response
“j. Tendering Process”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 4 · response
Published 15 November 2013
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Install permanent public-safety signage at both ends of the track.

Verbatim wording from the response
“a. The Authority installed further permanent signage at both ends of the track in December 2013. The signage states “Public Safety Notice. Narrow track. Blind bends. Cycle with care. Expect to meet authorised vehicles”. A photograph of this signage is attached.”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 1 · response
Published 15 November 2013
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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation
Continue pursuing required consents from partners during specification development and tendering.

Verbatim wording from the response
“g. The Survey Report was forwarded to the residents and the organisations listed above within paragraph ‘e’ on 16 and 17 January for comment by no later 14 February 2014. You will recall from the inquest that the Authority consulted with DCC and Natural England, and required consent from the Environment Agency and Network Rail, in respect of previous minor bank repair works carried out in April 2013. This previous process took 2 months and did not entail the extent of preparatory work or technical input required in respect of the works proposed within the Survey Report. In light of the much larger scale of the proposed works the Authority has requested consent from all of the Partners.”

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2013-0355-Response
Page 3 · response
Published 15 November 2013
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