Peterborough City Council

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First report 30 Jul 2014•Latest report 10 May 2023

Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Reports naming this recipient by issue year.

* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.

Reports
3

Naming this recipient

Published responses
33%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
1

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
2

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Peterborough City Council linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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    Milan Peter HAMZA (Otherwise known as Milan Peter RADOCZ) · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Milan Peter Hamza, also known as Milan Peter Radocz, was an 8-year-old front-seat passenger in a vehicle that left the road, entered a pond and became submerged on 3 September 2022. He was unable to escape and died from drowning. The principal concern was the lack of signage warning westbound drivers about the sharp bend, despite the water hazard beyond it.

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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    Lack of signage alerting westbound traffic to the sharp left hand bend

    Wider context from the report

    “The vehicle involved in the collision failed to negotiate the left hand bend on the westbound Old Oundle Road at Wittering adjacent to the rear crash gates of RAF Wittering. The vehicle left the road to its offside and entered a pond where it became submerged in water. The 2 occupants of the vehicle drowned as a result. There is sharp route deviation signage for vehicles travelling in the opposite direction but nothing to alert westbound drivers of the sharp left hand bend. The water beyond the bend clearly creates an additional hazard. Whilst the precise reason the vehicle failed to negotiate the left hand bend on this occasion is unclear I am concerned that the lack of signage alerting westbound traffic of the bend at this location creates a risk of future incidents and death, not least because of the water beyond. ”
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    Water beyond the bend creating an additional road hazard

    Wider context from the report

    “The vehicle involved in the collision failed to negotiate the left hand bend on the westbound Old Oundle Road at Wittering adjacent to the rear crash gates of RAF Wittering. The vehicle left the road to its offside and entered a pond where it became submerged in water. The 2 occupants of the vehicle drowned as a result. There is sharp route deviation signage for vehicles travelling in the opposite direction but nothing to alert westbound drivers of the sharp left hand bend. The water beyond the bend clearly creates an additional hazard. Whilst the precise reason the vehicle failed to negotiate the left hand bend on this occasion is unclear I am concerned that the lack of signage alerting westbound traffic of the bend at this location creates a risk of future incidents and death, not least because of the water beyond. ”
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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    Undertake a signing review of Old Oundle Road following the incident.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “Following the report into the incident on Old Oundle Road, Wittering by the Police in 2022 our Highways team undertook a signing review of the road.”

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    Response from Peterborough City Council
    Page 1 · response
    Published 5 May 2023

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    Implement identified signing changes on Old Oundle Road, including installing a chevron sign warning road users of the deviation.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “I note your concern and following our review can confirm that there were changes to the signing along Old Oundle road identified. One of these changes included the installation of a chevron sign to warn road users of the deviation. These works were undertaken week commencing 9th January 2023.”

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    Response from Peterborough City Council
    Page 1 · response
    Published 5 May 2023

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  2. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

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    Vivien RADÓCZ · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Vivien RADÓCZ died after the vehicle she was driving left the road, entered a pond, and became submerged; she was unable to escape and her death was confirmed at the scene. The report raised concern that there was no signage warning westbound drivers of the sharp bend, despite the additional hazard posed by the water beyond it, creating a risk of future incidents and deaths.

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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 Peterborough City Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Water beyond the sharp bend creating an additional road hazard

    Wider context from the report

    “There is sharp route deviation signage for vehicles travelling in the opposite direction but nothing to alert westbound drivers of the sharp left hand bend. The water beyond the bend clearly creates an additional hazard. Whilst the precise reason the vehicle failed to negotiate the left hand bend on this occasion is unclear I am concerned that the lack of signage alerting westbound traffic of the bend at this location creates a risk of future incidents and death, not least because of the water beyond. ”
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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 Peterborough City Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of signage alerting westbound traffic to the sharp left hand bend

    Wider context from the report

    “There is sharp route deviation signage for vehicles travelling in the opposite direction but nothing to alert westbound drivers of the sharp left hand bend. The water beyond the bend clearly creates an additional hazard. Whilst the precise reason the vehicle failed to negotiate the left hand bend on this occasion is unclear I am concerned that the lack of signage alerting westbound traffic of the bend at this location creates a risk of future incidents and death, not least because of the water beyond. ”
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  3. Peterborough

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    LYNN MARGARET GRAHAM GORMLEY · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    At approximately 12:20 on 23 December 2013, Lynn Margaret Graham Gormley jumped from level 11 of Queensgate Car Park and died of multiple injuries. The report raises concerns that the car park design did not provide effective barriers to jumping, that falls also posed a risk to pedestrians, and that there had been a number of suicides from the car parks since 2006.

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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 Peterborough City Council; that does not assign responsibility.

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    Risk of pedestrian death from falls from car parks into public pavements

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There have been a number of suicides from 2006 onwards, where individuals have taken their own lives by jumping from the Queensgate Car Parks. The current design of the car park is not effective in preventing jumps and the recent refurbishment of the car parks did not lead to the erection of barriers/increasing the height of the walls. Of note is the paper (attached) by ████████ and others (BMC Public Health 2013, 13:214) which concluded that notwithstanding certain limitations of the review undertaken, reducing access to means through the installation of barriers can be effective in averting suicides at hotspots and does not lead to substitution effects. (2) The car park at Peterborough City Hospital which was opened in 2010 and is therefore of modern design, was constructed in such a way as to provide a significant obstacle to jumping as the wall on the top floor is approximately 3 meters high. By contrast, the walls at the upper floors of the Queensgate Car Parks and other City Centre car parks, are at a low level and do not operate as an effective barrier to jumping. (3) Falls from the car parks have been into areas where the public use pavements and there is clearly a risk of death to pedestrians also. (4) There is evidence in the medical notes and records of some of those who have taken their own lives, that car parks are seen as a means of effecting death by jumping. ”
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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 Peterborough City Council; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure of Queensgate and other City Centre car park barriers to prevent jumping

    Wider context from the report

    “(1) There have been a number of suicides from 2006 onwards, where individuals have taken their own lives by jumping from the Queensgate Car Parks. The current design of the car park is not effective in preventing jumps and the recent refurbishment of the car parks did not lead to the erection of barriers/increasing the height of the walls. Of note is the paper (attached) by ████████ and others (BMC Public Health 2013, 13:214) which concluded that notwithstanding certain limitations of the review undertaken, reducing access to means through the installation of barriers can be effective in averting suicides at hotspots and does not lead to substitution effects. (2) The car park at Peterborough City Hospital which was opened in 2010 and is therefore of modern design, was constructed in such a way as to provide a significant obstacle to jumping as the wall on the top floor is approximately 3 meters high. By contrast, the walls at the upper floors of the Queensgate Car Parks and other City Centre car parks, are at a low level and do not operate as an effective barrier to jumping. (3) Falls from the car parks have been into areas where the public use pavements and there is clearly a risk of death to pedestrians also. (4) There is evidence in the medical notes and records of some of those who have taken their own lives, that car parks are seen as a means of effecting death by jumping. ”
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