Road (Highways Safety) related deaths

PFD Category
Reports: 503 Areas: 68 Earliest: Aug 2013 Latest: 6 Apr 2026

82% response rate (above 63% average). 27% of classified responses show concrete action taken. Reports rose 56% from 32 (2023) to 50 (2024).

Response Status
Responded 411 No Response 7 Historic 84 Pending 1
AI Classification
Action Taken 27%
Action Planned 50%
Noted 19%
Disputed 3%
Based on 540 classified responses
Reports by Quarter
Clear
PFD Reports
84 results
Stephen Tilbury
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0109 12 Mar 2014 London (East)
London Borough of Havering
Concerns summary (AI summary) Excessive vehicle speed in a residential area, despite an existing trief curb, poses a significant risk as the curb can deflect speeding vehicles onto the pavement. Physical speed reduction measures are needed.
Mark Burgess
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0069 24 Feb 2014 Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley
Highways Agency
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.
Michael Telford
Historic (No Identified Response)
2014-0045 3 Feb 2014 Cumbria (North & West)
Cumbria County Council
Karl Olof Nilsson
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0332 2 Dec 2013 West Yorkshire (Western)
National Highways Bradford Metropolitan District Council
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.
Kuldip Singh Dhillon
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0254 8 Oct 2013 London (East)
Department for Transport
Concerns summary (AI summary) Widespread common practice of unrestrained palletised loads on vehicles poses significant safety risks, compounded by insufficient enforcement and auditing of transport regulations by the Department of Transport.
Rachael Dallison
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0205 16 Sep 2013 Staffordshire (South)
Commissioner for Transport Staffordshire County Council
Concerns summary (AI summary) The provided concerns text is too truncated to identify specific safety issues.
Matthew Thomas Hamilton
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0180 8 Aug 2013 Cumbria (North & West)
Cumbria County Council
Concerns summary (AI summary) A narrow footpath lacked a barrier, allowing children to emerge suddenly into traffic, compounded by restricted vision from a fence and shrubbery.
Michael James Thornton
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0170 1 Aug 2013 West Somerset
Somerset County Council Taunton Couthy Hall County Surveyor
Concerns summary (AI summary) Vehicles leaving the carriageway and landing in a rhynne leads to death by drowning; however, retaining barriers may be too costly given the extent of roadway that would need protection.
David George White
Historic (No Identified Response)
2013-0172 1 Aug 2013 South Yorkshire (East)
Regeneration and Environment
Concerns summary (AI summary) The coroner requests consideration of specific measures to reduce road traffic injuries at or on the approach to a bend on the A19 at Owston.