Jonathan Edward Michael Sellman · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 17 Aug 2016•South Yorkshire (Western)

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
4

Described in responses

Recipients and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Road verges capable of launching out-of-control vehicles onto or over the Armco barrier
  2. Pooling water on the carriageway

Stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.4

  1. Rotherham Borough Council

    Implement dash-cam monitoring by having a design technician drive the Parkway during heavy rain.

  2. Rotherham Borough Council

    Survey the highway drainage system at the relevant location to assess its suitability.

  3. Rotherham Borough Council

    Commission an independent inspection of the A630 at and near the accident location.

  4. Rotherham Borough Council

    Add a drainage supervisor to monthly driven highway inspections.

Respondent positions A position is what a recipient says about a concern when it does not describe a specific action.3

  1. Rotherham Borough Council

    There was no basis to identify the A630 Sheffield Parkway as a high-risk carriageway from a road-safety perspective.

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

    Investigations concluded that the road geometry and drainage system do not create a risk of standing water or pooling on the carriageway.

    Disputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.
  3. Rotherham Borough Council

    Established highway maintenance, drainage cleansing, inspection and public-reporting arrangements were considered adequate and exceeded national standards.

    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

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

Road verges capable of launching out-of-control vehicles onto or over the Armco barrier

Wider context from the report

“(2) The state of the verges is such that a car might be pushed upwards on leaving the road out of control, landing on or over the Armco barrier. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

No recurring-concern membership is currently published.

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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

Pooling water on the carriageway

Wider context from the report

“(1) Water appears to be pooling on the carriageway of this fast and busy road, notwithstanding that the Local Authority consider the drainage to have been broadly operative at the relevant time. ”

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

Implement dash-cam monitoring by having a design technician drive the Parkway during heavy rain.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(iv) it has purchased a dash cam and implemented a system whereby a design technician drives along the Parkway to monitor the situation during periods of heavy rain.”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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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

Survey the highway drainage system at the relevant location to assess its suitability.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Rotherham MBC takes Mr Dorries’ concerns extremely seriously and has taken a number of steps since the accident to meet these concerns including the following:”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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Published 17 August 2016

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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

Commission an independent inspection of the A630 at and near the accident location.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Rotherham MBC takes Mr Dorries’ concerns extremely seriously and has taken a number of steps since the accident to meet these concerns including the following:”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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Published 17 August 2016

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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

Add a drainage supervisor to monthly driven highway inspections.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(iii) when undertaking its regular inspections of the highway by way of monthly driven inspections, the highway inspector is now accompanied by a drainage supervisor;”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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Published 17 August 2016

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How this respondent position was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

There was no basis to identify the A630 Sheffield Parkway as a high-risk carriageway from a road-safety perspective.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(xi) there is no basis upon which to identify the A630 Sheffield Parkway as a high risk carriageway from a road safety point of view: furthermore, approximately 50,000 vehicles travel on the Parkway on a daily basis.”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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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

Investigations concluded that the road geometry and drainage system do not create a risk of standing water or pooling on the carriageway.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(i) the A630 was built in the 1960s and the geometry of this highway is appropriate and adheres to relevant construction standards;”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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Published 17 August 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

Established highway maintenance, drainage cleansing, inspection and public-reporting arrangements were considered adequate and exceeded national standards.

Verbatim wording from the response

“(iv) Rotherham has long established procedures for the maintenance of the highway at the accident locus, which are in accordance with and in fact exceed National standards and which may be summarised as follows:-”

Source location

2016-0395-Response-by-Rotherham-Metropolitan-Borough-Council
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Published 17 August 2016

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