Recipient

Portsmouth Motocross Club

First report 20 Jul 2015•Latest report 20 Jul 2015

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Reports, concerns and published responses

This page brings together reports naming this recipient and response statements clearly connected to concerns raised in those reports.

Reports
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
100%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
2

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
6

Described in responses

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Reports over time

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Evidence profile

Report topics

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100%published responses found
6stated actions described

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Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Portsmouth Motocross Club linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Central Hampshire

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    BRADLEY MARK HARRY HOOPER · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Bradley Hooper died after coming off his motorbike during a motocross practice session and being struck by another motorbike at a jump. Concerns included a marshal using a mobile phone and facing away from the riders, and the allocation of an inexperienced 16-year-old marshal to the position.

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    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 Portsmouth Motocross Club; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to allocate inexperienced and younger marshals to low-risk positions

    Wider context from the report

    “2. The marshall at Point 11 was aged 16 at the time of the incident and had only marshalled on one previous occasion. Although he claimed to have made this known to the Chief Marshall no action was taken to allocate him to a low risk position, notwithstanding the current club marshalling rules of Portsmouth Motocross Club which states that those aged 16-18 should be so allocated. Portsmouth Motocross Club should ensure that marshalls are allocated to positions based on the experience of each individual and that it should review its rules in light of the MCF Code of Practice (once that is updated) and its affiliation to MCF. ”
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    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 Portsmouth Motocross Club; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of appropriate smartphone-use warnings in marshal briefings

    Wider context from the report

    “1. The evidence showed that the marshall at Point 11 had earlier been using his mobile phone to take photographs of passing riders and at the time of the incident was facing in the opposite direction to the direction of travel of the riders, so that he was unaware of Bradley Hooper coming off his machine and did not show a yellow flag until after the fatal collision. The MCF Code of Practice makes no reference to appropriate warnings which should be given to marshalls at briefings about the use of smartphones whilst practices or races are under way. ”
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    Source evidence

    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Allocate experienced marshals to high-risk points and less experienced marshals to low-risk points using the designated course map.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “• Experienced Marshals (with 6 or more sessions of Marshalling history) are placed on “high-risk” Marshal Points.”

    Source location

    2015-0285-Response-by-Portsmouth-Motocross-Club
    Page 1 · response
    Published 20 July 2015

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    How this respondent action was interpreted

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    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Prohibit marshal mobile-phone use while motorcycles are circulating and require marshals to face away from oncoming motorcycles.

    Verbatim wording from the response

    “• ALL Marshals are informed that they are not to use mobile telephones on the Marshal Point when motorbikes are on the course circuit.”

    Source location

    2015-0285-Response-by-Portsmouth-Motocross-Club
    Page 2 · response
    Published 20 July 2015

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How actions were described at the time

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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026