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Alan Richard BAKER · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 24 Dec 2025•Norfolk

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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. Lack of mandatory requirements for owners to maintain reversing cameras in a fully functioning state
  2. Lack of mandatory requirements for LGVs to have reversing cameras fitted
Responses linked to these concerns

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

  1. Action

    Launch a consultation on proposals to mandate vehicle safety technologies, including UN R158 devices.

    Stated by Department for TransportStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 29 December 2025.
  2. Action

    Support amending UN R158 to include goods vehicle trailers within its scope.

    Stated by Department for TransportStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 29 December 2025.
  3. Action

    Raise the importance of including goods vehicle trailers within UN R158 at the April UNECE working group session.

    Stated by Department for TransportStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 29 December 2025.

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

  1. Position

    Goods vehicle trailers cannot currently be included in UN R158 because other countries did not support expanding its scope.

    Stated by Department for TransportUnable to actThe respondent said that a constraint prevented them from taking the relevant action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of mandatory requirements for owners to maintain reversing cameras in a fully functioning state

Wider context from the report

“I have concerns that (a) there is no mandatory requirement for LGVs to have reversing cameras fitted to enable drivers to see more thoroughly behind their vehicle before carrying out a reversing manoeuvre and (b) that there is no mandatory requirement for the owners of vehicles which do have such cameras to ensure they are maintained in a fully functioning state. ”

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

Lack of mandatory requirements for LGVs to have reversing cameras fitted

Wider context from the report

“I have concerns that (a) there is no mandatory requirement for LGVs to have reversing cameras fitted to enable drivers to see more thoroughly behind their vehicle before carrying out a reversing manoeuvre and (b) that there is no mandatory requirement for the owners of vehicles which do have such cameras to ensure they are maintained in a fully functioning state. ”

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

Launch a consultation on proposals to mandate vehicle safety technologies, including UN R158 devices.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The Government launched its Road Safety Strategy on 7 January, and this included a consultation on proposals to mandate fitment of a range of vehicle safety technologies, including those covered by UN R158. Subject to the”

Source location

Response from Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agenc
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Published 29 December 2025

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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

Support amending UN R158 to include goods vehicle trailers within its scope.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Goods vehicle trailers such as the one involved in this collision are not currently in scope of UN R158. During 2025, a review of UN R158 was undertaken by the UNECE working group, and although the United Kingdom supported amending the scope to include goods vehicle trailers, there was insufficient support from other countries to do so. I believe this tragic case highlights the importance of reconsidering the scope of UN R158, and I have asked my officials to raise this in the April session of the UNECE working group.”

Source location

Response from Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agenc
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Published 29 December 2025

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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

Raise the importance of including goods vehicle trailers within UN R158 at the April UNECE working group session.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Goods vehicle trailers such as the one involved in this collision are not currently in scope of UN R158. During 2025, a review of UN R158 was undertaken by the UNECE working group, and although the United Kingdom supported amending the scope to include goods vehicle trailers, there was insufficient support from other countries to do so. I believe this tragic case highlights the importance of reconsidering the scope of UN R158, and I have asked my officials to raise this in the April session of the UNECE working group.”

Source location

Response from Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agenc
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2025

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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

Goods vehicle trailers cannot currently be included in UN R158 because other countries did not support expanding its scope.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Goods vehicle trailers such as the one involved in this collision are not currently in scope of UN R158. During 2025, a review of UN R158 was undertaken by the UNECE working group, and although the United Kingdom supported amending the scope to include goods vehicle trailers, there was insufficient support from other countries to do so. I believe this tragic case highlights the importance of reconsidering the scope of UN R158, and I have asked my officials to raise this in the April session of the UNECE working group.”

Source location

Response from Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agenc
Page 2 · response
Published 29 December 2025

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