National Highways

PFD Addressee
Reports: 65 Earliest: Dec 2013 Latest: 12 Feb 2026

80% 2-year response rate (below 83% average). 24% of classified responses show concrete action taken.

Response Status (last 2 years, 15 reports)
Responded 12
AI Classification
Action Taken 24%
Action Planned 53%
Noted 22%
Disputed 1%
Based on 78 classified responses
PFD Reports Received by Quarter
PFD Reports
65 results
Neil Garry
All Responded
2015-0446-wp25121 26 Oct 2015 West Yorkshire (East)
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) A busy road frequently used by pedestrians, including children, lacks a pedestrian crossing, posing a significant safety risk.
Action Planned (AI summary) • A scheme has been designed to provide safe pedestrian assisted facilities across the Ring Road at the Ramshead Approach and Coal Road junction. • A Highways Board report is to be presented to the Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) early in the New Year to seek formal funding approval to progress the junction improvement measures at the Ramshead Approach/ Ring Road junction. • It is currently programmed that the scheme will then be issued to contractors in this financial year, with an expected completion date onsite between May/June 2016.
Charles Rayner
Historic (No Identified Response)
2015-0367 1 Oct 2015 County Durham and Darlington
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The report identifies that the crossover point lacks a deceleration lane and there is no prohibition on right turns with appropriate signage.
Kenneth McCurdy and Mary McCurdy
All Responded
2015-0369 1 Oct 2015 County Durham and Darlington
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The absence of clear signage at a central reservation gap fails to indicate prohibited right turns or U-turns for east-bound vehicles, creating a significant highway safety risk.
Action Planned (AI summary) Highways England will work with Durham Constabulary to investigate enhancements to signing and road markings on the A66 by March 2016. They will also place a bid for funding to undertake the work recommended by the investigations.
John Roberts
Historic (No Identified Response)
2015-0389-wp25035 28 Sep 2015 Essex
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The current junction design encourages dangerous pedestrian crossings over the central reservation due to an unclear, distant designated crossing, posing significant risk.
Deborah Roberts
Historic (No Identified Response)
11 Jun 2015 Mid Kent & Medway
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The Sheppey Road Bridge has a history of rear-end collisions due to its geometry affecting visibility and high speeds. Despite a safety review recommending a 50 mph limit, the speed limit remains 70 mph.
Fred Hudson
Historic (No Identified Response)
2015-0188 13 May 2015 West Yorkshire (East)
Other related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) A disused railway bridge is easily accessible to the public, including children, and no steps have been taken to prevent access despite its location next to a main road.
Keri Holdsworth
All Responded
2015-0060 18 Feb 2015 Hartlepool
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) This junction is a recurring danger zone with a history of several serious and fatal incidents, specifically for vehicles making right turns to or from the northbound A19.
Noted (AI summary) The Highways Agency has extended a route safety study to consider whether a bridge at Elwick could facilitate closure of central reserve gaps, including the Dalton Piercy junction. The study is due to report in August 2015. Hartlepool Borough Council clarifies that the relevant stretch of road falls under the jurisdiction of Highways England, but they are in dialogue with Highways England and will assist as required.
Kevin Lawrenson
All Responded
2014-0577 18 Dec 2014 Oxfordshire
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) Numerous accidents occurred due to inadequate and poorly visible signage for slow-moving vehicles. Improvements such as larger signs, lane separation, or electronic warnings are needed at this location.
Action Planned (AI summary) National Highways has instructed UK Highways M4O Limited to improve signing on the southbound approach to the Stokenchurch Cutting, including an additional 'Slow Moving Lorries' sign, raised sign height, and high visibility backing boards, with completion expected this summer.
Jake Johnson
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0417 24 Sep 2014 Cheshire
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) Unrestricted public access to a motorway due to open steps and damaged boundary fencing, compounded by a lack of warning signs, especially near a children's play area.
Georgina Taylor
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0328 9 Jul 2014 Manchester (North)
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) Outdated design standards meant that developing soft estate, specifically trees within 4.5m of the carriageway, lacked required vehicle restraint protection or removal, posing a highway safety risk.
Yasmin Richards
All Responded
2014-0193 28 Apr 2014 Avon
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The A46 "Hartley Bends" has an inappropriate speed limit and inadequate road signage, markings, and warning features, contributing to a high risk of fatal collisions.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Highways Agency has implemented local measures to highlight the nature of the road, including additional chevron signage, hazard warning signs, and high friction surfacing in strips. They are planning a peer review of the implemented scheme by the end of July 2014 and will gather data to ascertain its effectiveness.
Samuel Shaw
All Responded
2014-0076 26 Feb 2014 North Northumberland
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) Pedestrians crossing a 60mph unlit trunk road from a holiday park face extreme danger due to poor visibility, lack of warning signs for drivers, and no central refuge.
Action Planned (AI summary) The Highways Agency has arranged for an investigation to consider options for an improved pedestrian crossing facility in the vicinity of Haggerston. The investigation will assess demand, appraise existing routes, and identify suitable locations.
Mark Burgess
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0069 24 Feb 2014 Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The M65 motorway's decommissioned lighting system meant drivers could not see debris in the unlit carriageway, directly causing multiple subsequent collisions and injuries.
Mustafa Cicek
Partially Responded
2014-0116 13 Jan 2014 East Sussex
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) Highway safety issues include a collision black spot with inadequate warning signage and a potentially hazardous eucalyptus sapling. "SLOW" warnings are also needed on the carriageway approach.
Action Taken (AI summary) The Highways Agency has installed 'SLOW' road markings and removed a eucalyptus tree. It is also increasing the number of chevrons on the bend and ensuring they are on yellow backgrounds.
Karl Olof Nilsson
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0332 2 Dec 2013 West Yorkshire (Western)
Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
Concerns summary (AI summary) The junction's layout, gradient, and an obscured STOP sign created an optical illusion, making the sign difficult to perceive, which substantially contributed to the fatal accident and previous injury incidents.