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Kenneth John PAUL · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 23 Jul 2014•South Lincolnshire

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Concerns
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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Lack of legislative requirement for automatically operated audible reverse warning devices on light commercial vehicles
    Part of recurring concern: Unreliable vehicle reversing safety controls around pedestrians
  2. Failure to fit light commercial vehicles with automatically operated audible reverse warning devices
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate audible movement-warning systems on vehicles and mobile equipmentPart of recurring concern: Unreliable vehicle reversing safety controls around pedestrians
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Lack of legislative requirement for automatically operated audible reverse warning devices on light commercial vehicles

Wider context from the report

“The delivery vehicle, a Mercedes Sprinter that collided with Mr Paul, a vehicle with no windows behind the driver's position, was not fitted with an audible warning device that operated automatically when reverse gear was engaged and there is no legislative requirement for such a device to be fitted to light commercial vehicles of this type. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Unreliable vehicle reversing safety controls around pedestrians.

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How this individual concern was interpreted

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Failure to fit light commercial vehicles with automatically operated audible reverse warning devices

Wider context from the report

“The delivery vehicle, a Mercedes Sprinter that collided with Mr Paul, a vehicle with no windows behind the driver's position, was not fitted with an audible warning device that operated automatically when reverse gear was engaged and there is no legislative requirement for such a device to be fitted to light commercial vehicles of this type. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate audible movement-warning systems on vehicles and mobile equipment; Unreliable vehicle reversing safety controls around pedestrians.

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