Wessex Water Services Limited

Private and voluntary organisations · Private limited company

First report 12 Feb 2024•Latest report 12 Feb 2024

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
1

Naming this recipient

Published responses
0%

Found for named reports

Concerns addressed
0

Across all linked responses

Stated actions
0

Described in responses

Concerns and recipient responses

Statements from Wessex Water Services Limited linked to the concerns in each report. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.

  1. Dorset

    AI-generated summary

    Natalie Christina Mountford · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Report summary

    Natalie Christina Mountford was struck by a vehicle while assisting at an earlier collision on an icy road and died at the scene from her injuries. The report raised concerns about repeated collisions at the location, the failure to investigate flowing water during highway inspections, and the absence of a robust process for logging and acting on reports of water leaks onto the highway.

    Read the report on judiciary.uk

    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 Wessex Water Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to robustly log and action direct reports of water leaks onto highways

    Wider context from the report

    “iii. There would appear to be no process in place at Wessex Water to log and action reports made directly to staff of water leaks onto a highway, or if a process is existent it would appear not to be robust. The risk is that such reports may be “lost”, with the necessary work not undertaken, leaving water flowing from a leak on the highway, with the subsequent risk outlined above. ”
    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 Wessex Water Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Failure to investigate flowing water during highway inspections

    Wider context from the report

    “ii. The presence of flowing water in a road is not considered and/or investigated by Dorset Council Highways Officers when conducting a highway inspection, leading to a risk that remedial action to stem the flow may not be taken, further leading to the continued presence of flowing water on a road. The presence of water itself could cause or contribute to a road traffic collision, but if the water were to freeze in sub-zero temperatures, the risk of a collision increases further; ”
    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 Wessex Water Services Limited; that does not assign responsibility.

    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Recurring collision hazard from ice on a steep, curved road section

    Wider context from the report

    “i. This section of the B3091 appears to be an accident “black spot”, with previous collisions likely to have occurred as a consequence of the presence of ice on the road, combined with a steep incline and a bend in the road; ”
    Open source report
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Data last updated 7 September 2026