Investigation and inquest
On 22 May 2013 I commenced an investigation into the death of Peter Desmond Vickers Banks aged 82. The investigation concluded at the end of the inquest on 6 March 2014. The conclusion of the inquest was Road Traffic Accident.
Circumstances of the death
Mr Banks died at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire on 16 May 2013 from injuries sustained in a road traffic collision in Stafford on 5 May 2013. As a pedestrian he had begun to cross a road when he was hit by a car making a right turn into that road.
Coroner’s concerns
(1) At the Inquest I heard that the crossing point in Westhead Avenue, Stafford marked by way of tactile paving is probably too close to the main Weston Road. A suggestion was that the protective railings should be extended into Westhead Avenue and the crossing point moved further into that road.
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