Sukbir Singh Rana & Mandip Singh

PFD Report Historic (No Identified Response) Ref: 2014-0191
Date of Report 30 April 2014
Coroner Robin Balmain
Coroner Area Black Country
Response Deadline est. 25 June 2014
Coroner's Concerns (AI summary)
The appropriateness of a 60 MPH speed limit on a bending country lane with limited lighting is questioned, as the maximum theoretical safe speed for the bend is also 60 MPH.
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My concerns are that the limit for the road in question is 60 miles an hour: write to enquire whether this is appropriate for what is largely a country lane with This Office is open Monday to Thursday 8am to 4pm. Friday 8am to 3pm and speed limited lighting and a number of bends. appreciate of course, that if the speed limit were to be reduced it does not of itself prevent drivers exceeding the limit; but it may provide the appropriate signal to drivers also was concerned to note that the maximum theoretical speed for the bend where the collision occurred was around 60 miles per hour
Sent To
  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Response Status
Linked responses 0 of 1
56-Day Deadline 25 Jun 2014
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Report Sections
Investigation and Inquest
I carried out an investigation into the deaths of Sukbir Singh RANA and Mandip SINGH and concluded that both were killed as a result of a road traffic collision:
Circumstances of the Death
There was a collision on Park Lane, Handsworth; Birmingham on 14u August 2013 at about
10.p.m. Both men were in the same motor car_ No other vehicle was involved. It was clear to me that excessive speed was factor. The driver of the car lost control crashed.
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