Bradley Hooper

PFD Report Partially Responded Ref: 2015-0285
Date of Report 20 July 2015
Coroner Grahame Short
Response Deadline ✓ from report 15 September 2015
1 of 2 responded · Over 2 years old
Response Status
Responses 1 of 2
56-Day Deadline 15 Sep 2015
Over 2 years old — no identified published response
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Coronersconcerns
_ The evidence showed that the marshall at Point 11 had earlier been his mobile phone to take photographs of passing riders and at the time of the incident was facing in the opposite direction to the direction of travel of the riders, so that he was unaware of Bradley Hooper coming off his machine and did not show yellow flag until after the fatal collision. The MCF Code of Practice makes no reference to appropriate warnings which should be given to marshalls at briefings about the use of smartphones whilst practices or races are under way: The marshall at Point 11 was aged 16 at the time of the incident and had only marshalled on one previous occasion: Although he claimed to have made this known to the Chief Marshall no action was taken to allocate him to a low risk position, notwithstanding the current club marshalling rules of Portsmouth Motocross_Club_which states_that those aged 16-18 should be s0 allocated and riding using consider that Portsmouth Motocross Club should ensure that marshalls are allocated to positions based on the experience of each individual and that it should review its rules light of the MCF Code of Practice (once that is updated) and its affiliation to MCF_
Responses
Portsmouth Motocross Club
7 Sep 2015
Response received
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Less experienced Marshals (with no or limited Marshalling history) are placed on "low-risk" Marshal Points_ ALL Marshals are instructed what each marshalling flag is to be used for: Static Yellow fallen rider Yellow Flag Waved Vigorously fallen rider in danger, suspected White with Red or Green Cross rider requiring urgent medical attention ALL Marshals are informed that they are not to use mobile telephones on the Marshal Point when motorbikes are on the course circuit: ALL Marshals are informed that they are to look the opposite way of the oncoming motorbikes (ie. with the bikes travelling from behind their Marshal Point)_ Additional "floating' Marshals will be positioned at various locations on the circuit to ensure those Marshals placed on Marshal points, are in the correct manner Portsmouth Motocross Club believes these new measures can prevent any further serious injury or death in the future:
Action Should Be Taken
In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and believe your organisation have the power to take such action.
Report Sections
Circumstances of the Death
At about 10.28 on 11 May 2014 Bradley Hooper was a Honda motorbike in a club practice session at the motocross circuit at Down Farm Headbourne Worthy near Winchester. After mounting a flat topped jump near marshalling point 11, he came off his machine as the bike landed and was in the process of picking it up when he was struck from above by a Yamaha motorbike being ridden by another rider who had just gone over the same jump, but had no warning of his presence_
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