Jamie Finlay · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 17 Dec 2019•Suffolk

Published report and response evidence

This report’s concerns and statements found in recipients’ published responses. Statements are included even where no link to an individual concern is recorded. A link shows an evidence connection; it does not assign responsibility.

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Concerns
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Raised in this report

Recipients
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Named on the report

Responses found
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Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
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Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Failure of the filter lane and junction design to prevent wrong-side entry into Thetford Road
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate safety controls at high-risk road junctionsPart of recurring concern: Unsafe road design and layout

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.2

  1. Suffolk County Council

    Continue monitoring countywide collisions to identify locations requiring remedial action.

  2. Suffolk County Council

    Review the junction design, layout and potential engineering solutions to reduce opportunities for drivers to turn right before the centre island.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.1

  1. Suffolk County Council

    The junction is not a high collision cluster, and proposed physical alterations are expected to provide low accident reduction and poor value for money.

    Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure of the filter lane and junction design to prevent wrong-side entry into Thetford Road

Wider context from the report

“The design of the filter lane and junction from the A1088 to Thetford Road does not prevent drivers turning right ahead of the bollards, and onto the wrong side of those bollards into Thetford Road. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate safety controls at high-risk road junctions; Unsafe road design and layout.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Continue monitoring countywide collisions to identify locations requiring remedial action.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In reviewing the concerns you raise in your report, to take action to prevent drivers from turning right from the A1088 into Thetford Road in advance of the centre island and bollard, Suffolk County Council proposes the following action:”

Source location

2019-0510-Response-from-Suffolk-County-Council-Redacted.pdf
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Published 23 June 2020

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How this respondent action was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Review the junction design, layout and potential engineering solutions to reduce opportunities for drivers to turn right before the centre island.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In reviewing the concerns you raise in your report, to take action to prevent drivers from turning right from the A1088 into Thetford Road in advance of the centre island and bollard, Suffolk County Council proposes the following action:”

Source location

2019-0510-Response-from-Suffolk-County-Council-Redacted.pdf
Page 2 · response
Published 23 June 2020

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How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

The junction is not a high collision cluster, and proposed physical alterations are expected to provide low accident reduction and poor value for money.

Verbatim wording from the response

“• As such this is not a high collision cluster site based on 3 or more injury collisions in last 5 years.”

Source location

2019-0510-Response-from-Suffolk-County-Council-Redacted.pdf
Page 1 · response
Published 23 June 2020

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Data last updated 7 September 2026