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HOLLY CHEVASSUT · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 2 Dec 2020•Coventry and Warwickshire

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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. Failure to limit mirrors and guards to 20 centimetres from the widest part of vehicles
  2. Failure to maintain mirrors and guards at least 2 metres from the road surface
Responses linked to these concerns

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  1. Action

    Rotate both wing mirrors on Vehicles 1 and 2 by 180 degrees to reduce their projection below 20 centimetres.

    Stated by GRS Recovery Warwickshire LtdStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 14 January 2021.
  2. Action

    Apply the mirror-modification procedure to vehicles purchased in future.

    Stated by GRS Recovery Warwickshire LtdStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 14 January 2021.
  3. Action

    Remove wing-mirror protectors from all vehicles under two metres high.

    Stated by GRS Recovery Warwickshire LtdStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 14 January 2021.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to limit mirrors and guards to 20 centimetres from the widest part of vehicles

Wider context from the report

“(1) GRS continues to operate vehicles with mirrors and guards the height of which are under 2 ms from the road surface and which project more than 20 cms from the widest part of those vehicles. Such a configuration creates a risk of personal injury and death to people overtaken by these vehicles. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

PFD Monitor interpretation

Failure to maintain mirrors and guards at least 2 metres from the road surface

Wider context from the report

“(1) GRS continues to operate vehicles with mirrors and guards the height of which are under 2 ms from the road surface and which project more than 20 cms from the widest part of those vehicles. Such a configuration creates a risk of personal injury and death to people overtaken by these vehicles. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Rotate both wing mirrors on Vehicles 1 and 2 by 180 degrees to reduce their projection below 20 centimetres.

Verbatim wording from the response

“13. Therefore, in order to reduce the width of the wing mirrors GRS Recovery has rotated both offside and near side wing mirrors 180 degrees. This places the longer area which faced outwards from the tubular metal frame inward and vice versa. Consequently, this reduces the width of the wing mirrors. GRS Recovery provides the following examples from the offside and nearside mirrors of Vehicle 2 in Photos B and C.”

Source location

2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
Page 3 · response
Published 14 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Apply the mirror-modification procedure to vehicles purchased in future.

Verbatim wording from the response

“13. Therefore, in order to reduce the width of the wing mirrors GRS Recovery has rotated both offside and near side wing mirrors 180 degrees. This places the longer area which faced outwards from the tubular metal frame inward and vice versa. Consequently, this reduces the width of the wing mirrors. GRS Recovery provides the following examples from the offside and nearside mirrors of Vehicle 2 in Photos B and C.”

Source location

2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
Page 3 · response
Published 14 January 2021

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Source evidence

How this respondent action was interpreted

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

PFD Monitor interpretation

Remove wing-mirror protectors from all vehicles under two metres high.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Methods undertaken to reduce the width of the wing-mirrors.”

Source location

2020-0303-Response-from-GRS-Recovery-Redacted
Page 2 · response
Published 14 January 2021

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