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JANETTE SUTHERLAND · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 13 Mar 2014•Gwent

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Concerns
1

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 raised1

  1. Road-user hazard from a drainage channel and concrete headwall adjacent to the carriageway
    Part of recurring concern: Uncontrolled roadside obstacles endangering road users
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.2

  1. Action

    Complete the detailed road-restraint site survey required for the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process.

    Stated by Caerphilly County Borough CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 13 March 2014.
  2. Action

    Retrieve survey data and complete the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process, providing its findings and outcomes.

    Stated by Caerphilly County Borough CouncilStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 13 March 2014.

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

  1. Position

    The site complied with design standards at construction, so there was no design-standard departure requiring retrospective changes.

    Stated by Caerphilly County Borough CouncilDisputes the concernThe respondent disagreed with part of the concern or the basis for it.

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-user hazard from a drainage channel and concrete headwall adjacent to the carriageway

Wider context from the report

“The presence of the drainage channel and concrete headwall represent a hazard to road users and a safety barrier should be erected to prevent vehicles from leaving the carriageway and impacting with the concrete headwall. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Uncontrolled roadside obstacles endangering road users.

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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

Complete the detailed road-restraint site survey required for the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In order to comply with current standards for dealing with the requirements for road restraint systems, a detailed survey must first be conducted at the site. The survey was carried out on the 27th March 2014 and the data will be retrieved as soon as possible for us to fulfil the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process (RRAP). We will endeavour to complete the RRAP in a timely manner and will provide details of any findings/outcomes at the earliest opportunity.”

Source location

2014-0114-Response-by-Caerphilly-County-Council
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Published 13 March 2014

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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

Retrieve survey data and complete the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process, providing its findings and outcomes.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In order to comply with current standards for dealing with the requirements for road restraint systems, a detailed survey must first be conducted at the site. The survey was carried out on the 27th March 2014 and the data will be retrieved as soon as possible for us to fulfil the Road Restraint Risk Assessment Process (RRAP). We will endeavour to complete the RRAP in a timely manner and will provide details of any findings/outcomes at the earliest opportunity.”

Source location

2014-0114-Response-by-Caerphilly-County-Council
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Published 13 March 2014

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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

The site complied with design standards at construction, so there was no design-standard departure requiring retrospective changes.

Verbatim wording from the response

“A report undertaken at the request of Gwent Police concluded there was no departure in respect of design standards at time of construction and there is no mandatory requirement to implement changes in design standards retrospectively.”

Source location

2014-0114-Response-by-Caerphilly-County-Council
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Published 13 March 2014

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Other statements in published responses

These actions and other statements could not be clearly connected to one concern in this report.

Recipient-stated actions An action is something a recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to a concern raised.1

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    Investigate the A467 site and develop recommendations or potential measures to reduce future incidents.

    Stated by Caerphilly County Borough CouncilStated plannedThe respondent said that this action was planned when they made their response on 13 March 2014.

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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

Investigate the A467 site and develop recommendations or potential measures to reduce future incidents.

Verbatim wording from the response

“In relation to items 5 and 6 of your report, Officers will be investigating the site in order to provide recommendations and potential measures that will serve to alleviate future incidents.”

Source location

2014-0114-Response-by-Caerphilly-County-Council
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Published 13 March 2014

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