Beverley Lawford John Siddall · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 24 May 2016•Cornwall

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
2

Raised in this report

Recipients
1

Named on the report

Responses found
1

Of 1 recipient

Stated actions
3

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Inadequacy of the road layout at the collision location
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate control of recurring collision risks at hazardous road locationsPart of recurring concern: Unsafe road design and layout
  2. Inadequacy of safety notices or barriers at the collision location
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate control of recurring collision risks at hazardous road locations

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.3

  1. Cornwall Council

    Continue monitoring the site and comparable locations in conjunction with the police.

  2. Cornwall Council

    Maintain the reduced 40 mph speed limit at the bend.

  3. Cornwall Council

    Maintain the local safety scheme’s large yellow-backed chevrons, widened carriageway and bend hatching.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.2

  1. Cornwall Council

    Solid restraints may cause more injuries than they prevent by increasing impact severity or redirecting vehicles into oncoming traffic.

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

    Existing chevrons, bend widening, hatching and the reduced speed limit have improved safety, leaving little further to do.

    Existing arrangements considered sufficientThe respondent said that existing arrangements were sufficient, so no further action was needed.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Inadequacy of the road layout at the collision location

Wider context from the report

“That two witnesses to the traffic collision noted in evidence that they had seen evidence of a good number of cars leaving the A3075 road at Cosy Cottage, Perranwell at the same point as Mr Siddall. The police Collision Investigator at inquest, noted when he went to survey the scene there was another car present that had come off the road which had nothing to do with Mr Siddall’s collision. There was concern at inquest that the road layout, or safety notices and/or barriers in place, were not adequate and that this section of road should be reviewed with the view to reducing the risk of cars leaving the road at this point. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of recurring collision risks at hazardous road locations; Unsafe road design and layout.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Inadequacy of safety notices or barriers at the collision location

Wider context from the report

“That two witnesses to the traffic collision noted in evidence that they had seen evidence of a good number of cars leaving the A3075 road at Cosy Cottage, Perranwell at the same point as Mr Siddall. The police Collision Investigator at inquest, noted when he went to survey the scene there was another car present that had come off the road which had nothing to do with Mr Siddall’s collision. There was concern at inquest that the road layout, or safety notices and/or barriers in place, were not adequate and that this section of road should be reviewed with the view to reducing the risk of cars leaving the road at this point. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate control of recurring collision risks at hazardous road locations.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Continue monitoring the site and comparable locations in conjunction with the police.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In light of the above, therefore, the Council does not believe it is suitable to introduce solid restraints to the outside of the bend. The Council will, however, continue to monitor the site and others like it in conjunction with the police.”

Source location

Response from Cornwall Council
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Published 24 May 2016

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Maintain the reduced 40 mph speed limit at the bend.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In 2003/4 the council carried out a Local Safety Scheme on this bend, erecting large yellow-backed chevrons and widening and hatching the bend. This has proven to be very effective in terms of the accident record, and the bend has not been on the Council’s list of accident cluster sites since this work was undertaken. In recent years the speed limit has also been reduced to 40mph (from 60mph), although this is somewhat academic given the nature of the corner. There is little further that could be done to ensure drivers are aware of the severity of the bend, and to help them remain on the road.”

Source location

Response from Cornwall Council
Page 2 · response
Published 24 May 2016

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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

Maintain the local safety scheme’s large yellow-backed chevrons, widened carriageway and bend hatching.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In 2003/4 the council carried out a Local Safety Scheme on this bend, erecting large yellow-backed chevrons and widening and hatching the bend. This has proven to be very effective in terms of the accident record, and the bend has not been on the Council’s list of accident cluster sites since this work was undertaken. In recent years the speed limit has also been reduced to 40mph (from 60mph), although this is somewhat academic given the nature of the corner. There is little further that could be done to ensure drivers are aware of the severity of the bend, and to help them remain on the road.”

Source location

Response from Cornwall Council
Page 2 · response
Published 24 May 2016

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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

Solid restraints may cause more injuries than they prevent by increasing impact severity or redirecting vehicles into oncoming traffic.

Verbatim wording from the response

“After careful consideration of the facts resulting from our investigations, advice from the Council’s lead Road Safety Auditor, the content of your report and the geometry of this particular highway, the Council has concluded that any works at this site such as crash barriers or Cornish hedging are as likely to cause injury to occupants of any vehicle that fails to negotiate the bends as to protect them from it. We note that in this instance the head injuries to Mr Siddall resulted partly from his failure to wear a seat belt rather than from an excessively violent impact. Indeed, the impact itself was relatively minor and Mr Siddall’s vehicle continued to drive over the field largely undamaged until it came to rest at the stream.”

Source location

Response from Cornwall Council
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Published 24 May 2016

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Existing chevrons, bend widening, hatching and the reduced speed limit have improved safety, leaving little further to do.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In 2003/4 the council carried out a Local Safety Scheme on this bend, erecting large yellow-backed chevrons and widening and hatching the bend. This has proven to be very effective in terms of the accident record, and the bend has not been on the Council’s list of accident cluster sites since this work was undertaken. In recent years the speed limit has also been reduced to 40mph (from 60mph), although this is somewhat academic given the nature of the corner. There is little further that could be done to ensure drivers are aware of the severity of the bend, and to help them remain on the road.”

Source location

Response from Cornwall Council
Page 2 · response
Published 24 May 2016

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