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Margaret Challis

PFD Report Historic (No Identified Response) Ref: 2016-0146-wp25226

Date of Report 19 April 2016

Coroner Andrew Barkley

Coroner Area South Wales Central

Response Deadline ✓ from report 14 June 2016

Road (Highways Safety) related deaths

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Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)

An advanced warning sign of the approaching left bend on the A470 would assist in warning motorists of the nature of the road ahead and reduce the risk of similar fatalities.

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1) The stretch of road along the A470 is subject to a 60 mile per hour speed limit but is known to be particularly "challenging" stretch of road on which there have been many serious injury and fatality collisions in the past. The evidence at the inquest from the Forensic Collision Investigating Officer was clear in that an advanced warning sign of an approaching left bend would be of significant assistance in warning motorists of the nature of the road ahead and thereby reducing the risk of a similar fatality. 6 Whilst there was evidence at the inquest to support the view that Rhodri Milling-Binding's vehicle was being driven at an inappropriate speed, it was not felt that any form of speed restriction was appropriate at this location - simply an advanced warning sign of the nature of the road ahead.

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Powys County Council

Response Status

Linked responses 0 of 1

56-Day Deadline 14 Jun 2016

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Investigation and Inquest

The investigation started on the 12th March 2015 into the death of: Rhodri Dafydd Miller-Binding, Margaret Elizabeth Challis, Alesha Marie O'Connor, Corey Bailey Price. Concluding at the end of an inquest which was 12th April 2016 the conclusion of the inquest was that a Road Traffic Collision.

Circumstances of the Death

Just after 10 o' clock in the evening on Friday 6th March 2015 Rhodri Dafydd Miller-Binding was heading north on the A470 close to the Storey Arms, Brecon when on a left hand bend in the road he lost control of his vehicle crossing the carriageway and hitting a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction. He and Corey Bailey Price, a rear seat passenger in his vehicle were declared deceased at the scene and Alesha Marie O'Connor, his front seat passenger and girlfriend was conveyed to the Prince Charles Hospital where she died of her injuries a short time later. Margaret Elizabeth Challis, the front seat passenger in the vehicle being driven in the opposite direction suffered extensive injuries and passed away at the Prince Charles Hospital a short while later.