The inquest into the death of Raymond Dathan Berry was opened on 6th January 2016. A Pre-Inquest review took place on 14th October 2016 and the Inquest was concluded on 3rd April 2017. I found the medical cause of death to be: 1a. Head and Chest Injuries

I determined that Mr Berry had died from injuries he sustained when the Honda Jazz car he was a passenger in collided with a tree; that he had not been wearing his seatbelt at the point of collision and that the Supplementary Restraint System had not met the required parameters to be activated in the collision, no fault having been found by Honda.

Raymond Berry was travelling home from visiting relatives shortly before midnight on Christmas Day 2015 in a Honda Jazz car driven by his Wife, along the B311 Red Road. The car drove onto the roundabout at the junction with the A322 Guildford Road and crashed into a tree. Mr Berry was not wearing a seatbelt at the point of collision and sustained serious head and chest injuries and died at the scene early on 26th December 2015. suffered serious injuries and has no recollection of the event. Airbags in the vehicle were not deployed. Honda UK examined the vehicle having been contacted by Police who queried the fact the airbags had not deployed and gave evidence that parameters had not been met to activate the Supplementary Restraint System. Sensors at the front of the car were located either side of the front bumper, below the headlights. The collision with the tree had occurred at the centre of the front of the car and Honda gave evidence the crumple zone in this area absorbed much of the impact meaning the rate of deceleration was not sufficient to trigger the airbags to deploy. It was not possible to calculate the speed at which the car had been travelling at the point of impact but the Police Collision Investigation officer estimated this to be around 30 miles per hour. No faults were found with the vehicle.