Road (Highways Safety) related deaths
PFD Category
Reports: 499
Areas: 68
Earliest: Aug 2013
Latest: 12 Feb 2026
80% response rate (above 62% average). 32% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 56% from 32 (2023) to 50 (2024).
PFD Reports
340 resultsJanette Sutherland
All Responded
2014-0114
13 Mar 2014
Gwent
Caerphilly County Borough Council
Concerns summary
A drainage channel and concrete headwall present a significant hazard to road users. A safety barrier is needed to prevent vehicles from impacting the headwall.
Craig Marren
All Responded
2014-0106
10 Mar 2014
West Yorkshire (East)
Tyersal Farm
Concerns summary
Trees and foliage at a blind left-hand bend significantly impede driver visibility, creating a dangerous road hazard that requires cutting back.
Samuel Shaw
All Responded
2014-0076
26 Feb 2014
North Northumberland
Highways Agency
Concerns 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.
Kenneth Aldridge
All Responded
2014-0071
24 Feb 2014
Berkshire
West Berkshire Highways Authority
Concerns summary
The design of a service road access on a 70 mph dual carriageway requires dangerous manoeuvres like significant slowing or U-turns, posing a substantial highway safety risk.
Benjamin James Carroll
All Responded
2014-0068
20 Feb 2014
Gwent
Welsh Cycling
Concerns summary
The road remained open to traffic during a cycling race sprint towards the finish line, despite accredited marshals with powers to stop traffic being present.
John Grooby
All Responded
2014-0054
7 Feb 2014
Warwickshire
Warwickshire County Council
Concerns summary
A lack of signage warning motorists about deer using a specific area as a "game track" creates an avoidable road safety hazard.
Daniel Jones
All Responded
2014-0049
3 Feb 2014
Dorset
Dorset Highways Management
Concerns summary
Insufficient road signage, including warning triangles and white arrows, at a specific junction on the A356 creates a hazard, necessitating improved signage or reduced speed limits.
Lynne Dring
All Responded
2013-0360-wp24087
30 Dec 2013
North Lincolnshire & Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire Council
Concerns summary
Street furniture obstructed motorists' views, and non-prescribed white lines may have falsely induced pedestrians to believe they had priority, creating a road safety risk.
Luke Lyons
All Responded
2013-0203
17 Sep 2013
Exeter & Greater Devon
Devon County Council
Action taken summary
Devon County Council has used media channels and distributed letters to parishes and its website to alert road users to difficult travelling conditions. They confirm ongoing monitoring of the carriage
Jack William Payton
All Responded
2013-0220
30 Aug 2013
West Somerset
Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Concerns summary
Control room staff's judgement and handling of the matter were negatively affected by excessive working hours and heavy caseloads, raising concerns about operational capacity.
Action taken summary
The Constabulary is commissioning an independent assessment of current shift patterns and their effects on staff, anticipated to be completed by January 2014. Recommendations will be developed and con
Martin Leslie Brown
All Responded
2013-0209
29 Aug 2013
Gloucestershire
British Board of Agreement
Concerns summary
The certificate for a road resurfacing product (Milepave) contained ambiguous wording regarding speed limit applicability and road types, risking its inappropriate use on unsuitable roads.
Action taken summary
The British Board of Agrément has revised paragraph 3.1 of Certificate 06/H120, removing the reference to rural roads and clarifying the product's suitability for highways with speed limits up to and
Joseph Burrell
All Responded
2013-0194
5 Aug 2013
London (North)
Traffic and Harrows Network Management …
Concerns summary
The road junction lacked adequate pedestrian safety features, including no clear view of traffic lights, no 'red man/green man' signals, and no pedestrian control buttons, making it unsafe to cross.
Action taken summary
Harrow Council has completed the installation of a SCOOT system to synchronise traffic signals and is monitoring its performance. They have opened dialogue with Transport for London to review a previo
Albert Manley
All Responded
2022-0161
Wiltshire and Swindon
Highways and Transport and Wiltshire Co…
Concerns
On the 7 June 2021 I accepted the transfer of an investigation into the death of Albert Thomas Stafford Manley who was known to his family as "Jim". I went on to open Jim's Inquest on the 14 June...
Action taken summary
Wiltshire Council plans to add 'SLOW' road markings to its programme of works in the coming months, finding this beneficial for motorists. However, it concluded that existing road sign arrangements ar
Jennifer Dyer
All Responded
2022-0168
East Sussex
East Sussex County Council
Concerns summary
East Sussex's pothole categorisation system is flawed, as a "low risk" pothole led to a fatality, indicating the need for a significant review of risk assessment criteria.
Action taken summary
East Sussex County Council has introduced an enhanced risk-based approach to safety inspections, allowing inspectors to re-categorise potholes based on location, road usage, size, and depth. This new
Louise Bailey
All Responded
2022-0200
Inner South London
Metropolitan Police Service
College of Policing and The National Po…
Concerns summary
Police drivers lack critical information and training regarding closer units, preventing them from completing full risk assessments before responding to emergency calls.
Action taken summary
The Metropolitan Police Service acknowledges a lack of formal instruction on radio self-assignment and is amending the Airwave manual to prohibit this. The MPS is also procuring a new Command and Cont