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John William GROOBY · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 7 Feb 2014•Warwickshire

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Concerns
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Recipients
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Responses found
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Stated actions
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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised1

  1. Lack of signage warning motorists of deer use of the area as a game track
    Part of recurring concern: Inadequate road warning signage
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  1. Action

    Review evidence on deer collisions and assess the case for warning signs at the A3400 location.

    Stated by Warwickshire County CouncilStated completedThe respondent said that this action was complete when they made their response on 7 February 2014.
  2. Action

    Install two diagram 551 wild-animal warning signs on the A3400 section near the identified deer crossing location.

    Stated by Warwickshire County CouncilStated in progressThe respondent said that this action was in progress when they made their response on 7 February 2014.

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Lack of signage warning motorists of deer use of the area as a game track

Wider context from the report

“(1) Lack of any signage to warn motorists that deer use this area as a “game track”. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Inadequate road warning signage.

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How this respondent action was interpreted

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PFD Monitor interpretation

Review evidence on deer collisions and assess the case for warning signs at the A3400 location.

Verbatim wording from the response

“PC ████████ was notified by a colleague PC ████████ prior to the site visit, that there were records of non-injury related accidents along this stretch of road involving deer. PC ████████ had recorded 5 previous incidents since 2010. This information was new to the County Council, and informed officers of the tendency for deer to be present in the road at this location.”

Source location

2014-0054-Response-by-Warwickshire-County-Council
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Published 7 February 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

Install two diagram 551 wild-animal warning signs on the A3400 section near the identified deer crossing location.

Verbatim wording from the response

“Warwickshire County Council has reviewed the evidence supporting the Coroner’s view that action should be taken to prevent future similar deaths by introducing signs to warn motorists that deer use this area as a ‘game track’ and the decision has been taken to introduce signs on this section of the A3400. An instruction has been passed to the Council’s contractors to install two signs. These signs are in accordance with the Traffic Signs, Regulations and General Directions 2002, signs to diagram 551 “Wild animals likely to be in the road”.”

Source location

2014-0054-Response-by-Warwickshire-County-Council
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Published 7 February 2014

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