Sally Frances Eveleigh · Prevention of Future Deaths report

On 29/04/2016 I commenced an investigation into the death of Sally Frances Eveleigh, 70 . The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 21 September 2016. The conclusion of the inquest was to record a death by Road Traffic Collision At approximately 06:45 on the 27th April 2016 at the junction of Station Road with the A358 Ms Eveleigh pulled out on to the major road into the path of a van, the driver of which was unable to avoid a collision.

Mrs Eveleigh was involved in a fatal Road Traffic Collision. Mrs Eveleigh was the sole occupant of her vehicle when she pulled out onto the main road in front of a van. Paramedics attend and Mrs Eveleigh was still trapped in the driver's seat of the vehicle. Death was confirmed at the scene.

[BRIEF SUMMARY OF MATTERS OF CONCERN]
The location of this collision was the junction of Station Road with the A358 at Bishops Lydeard. I heard evidence at the inquest that a roundabout had been proposed at this junction for a number of years and that by the time the inquest commenced works were about to start. My concern is that there was a sign erected at this junction indicating that there had been a number of accidents at the junction previously but I was concerned as to whether the erection of such a sign would also necessarily involve a review of maximum speed for vehicles approaching such a junction.