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Tendring District Council

First report 18 Feb 2020•Latest report 18 Feb 2020

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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Reports: 1
Published responses: 0%
Concerns addressed: 0
Stated actions: 0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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18 Feb2020
Essex
Concerns raised7
1. Inadequate beach patrol surveillance coverage
2. Lack of warning notices by the pier
3. Insufficient liaison with the RNLI on beach safety
1. Failure of groyne danger signage to remain legible
2. Swirling currents around beach groynes
3. Failure of beach information notices to be readily readable
4. Inadequacy of beach safety signage
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Malika Shammas and Haider Ali · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Malika Shammas and Haider Ali got into difficulties while bathing in the sea near a groyne at Clacton-on-Sea on 8 August 2019 and both died. The substantive concerns included inadequate or difficult-to-read signage, limited beach surveillance, and whether greater liaison with the RNLI could improve beach safety.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Inadequate beach patrol surveillance coverage
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“5. The beach patrol officer was 395 metres away from the fatality incident and was unable even with the use of binoculars to discern the nature of the incident.. More extensive surveillance would help on such a busy stretch of beach. ”
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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 Tendring District Council; that does not assign responsibility.
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Lack of warning notices by the pier
Wider context from the report
“3. Mindful that there had been a previous teenage drowning fatality at Clacton beach near the pier, warning notices by the pier might assist. ”
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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 Tendring District Council; that does not assign responsibility.
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Insufficient liaison with the RNLI on beach safety
Wider context from the report
“6. Perhaps more liaison with the RNLI which provides beach safety measures on some beaches would benefit the council’s efforts to provide beach safety. ”
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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 Tendring District Council; that does not assign responsibility.
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Failure of groyne danger signage to remain legible
Wider context from the report
“2. The Danger sign by the relevant groyne was difficult to read. The wording and layout could be improved and maybe such notices by each groyne would assist. There was vivid evidence from the young victims’ mother of the swirling nature of the currents around the relevant groyne ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
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Swirling currents around beach groynes
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“2. The Danger sign by the relevant groyne was difficult to read. The wording and layout could be improved and maybe such notices by each groyne would assist. There was vivid evidence from the young victims’ mother of the swirling nature of the currents around the relevant groyne ”
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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 Tendring District Council; that does not assign responsibility.
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Failure of beach information notices to be readily readable
Wider context from the report
“4. The Beach Information notice on Clacton’s West Beach contains a great deal of important information for beach users but some of the information was written in small text and hence difficult to read. The court wondered indeed how many passers by actually read the information. The council could look into the improvement of these notices and whether there should be more of them along this stretch of beach. Perhaps there could be some more child friendly information boards. ”
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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 Tendring District Council; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Inadequacy of beach safety signage
Wider context from the report
“1. The inadequacy of the signage. Tendring District Council asserted that this equates to national standards but the court had qualms about the effectiveness of the existing signage. ”
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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised7

Inadequate beach patrol surveillance coverage

Lack of warning notices by the pier

Insufficient liaison with the RNLI on beach safety

Failure of groyne danger signage to remain legible

Swirling currents around beach groynes

Failure of beach information notices to be readily readable

Inadequacy of beach safety signage