Inadequate Road Safety Barriers
116 items
1 source
Use of temporary or inadequate road barriers that provide insufficient resistance in a collision, risking serious injury or death.
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Inadequate Road Safety Barriers has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
116 PFD reports
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PFD Reports (116) — showing 100 most recent
Helen Patching, Rachael Patching and Corey Longdon
Concerns: Inadequate signage fails to address significant falling risks in 'Waterfall Country', and poor mobile phone signal hinders emergency services' response times.
Pending
David Langford
Concerns: Poor visibility at a dangerous road junction, caused by overgrown foliage, a dull mirror, and old railings, is exacerbated by an inappropriate national speed limit, posing a risk of future collisions.
Response: Conwy County Borough Council has agreed to replace obscuring railings by March 2026 and will advertise a proposal to reduce the speed limit on the A548 to 40mph. They have …
Overdue
Darren Reilly
Concerns: An unexplained gap in the motorway safety barrier, adjacent to established trees, poses a significant risk of severe injury or death if vehicles lose control and leave the carriageway at high speed.
Responded
Dorothy Wagstaff
Concerns: Ineffective temporary plastic road barriers that offer no resistance, allowing vehicles to leave the carriageway, remain present in gaps along the A660, posing a risk of future fatal collisions.
Responded
Freddie Slater
Concerns: The absence of physical barriers on a grass verge separating two motorways creates a high risk of vehicles crossing into parallel lanes, leading to potential high-speed collisions and fatalities.
Overdue
Arsalan Baig
Concerns: Inadequate street lighting and missing traffic warning signs at a sharp turn towards a wall significantly contributed to a fatal road accident.
Responded
Mohammed Khan
Concerns: Insufficient street lighting and a lack of warning signs at a poorly marked 90-degree turn and dead-end contributed to a fatal road traffic accident.
Responded
Paul Collingridge
Concerns: Roadworks safety procedures have flaws regarding distance calculations, inconsistent road markings, and a lack of requirement to report fatalities on permit applications, hindering safety assessments.
Responded
Kevin O’Reilly
Concerns: All lanes open motorways present a significant hazard due to insufficient emergency stopping areas spaced 1.6 miles apart and a lack of continuous monitoring.
Responded
Joshua Weavers
Concerns: Nationally and locally, excessively long waiting times for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) assessments delay crucial care and increase suicide risk, while local bridge safety measures fail to meet current guidance.
Responded
Jason Myles
Concerns: A dangerous road known as "suicide hill" has a history of fatal collisions due to a sharp turn and topography; improved signage is needed, especially in poor visibility.
Responded
Dafydd Craven-Jones, Dafydd Jones and Sophie Bates
Concerns: Multiple fatal collisions on the B5012 Cannock Road highlight concerns about inadequate signage prominence and missing road markings on the approach to a hump-back bridge.
Overdue
John Liddle
Concerns: A 40 mph speed limit on a residential road with bends, junctions, and a history of collisions is unsafe and requires permanent reduction.
Responded
Anthony Paine
Concerns: The 30 mph speed limit on A361 North Bar Street is potentially too high. A road rise obscures the pedestrian crossing, increasing collision risk, especially given high pedestrian traffic.
Responded
Daniel Isaacs
Concerns: There is no requirement for electric scooter riders to wear helmets, increasing the risk of fatal head injuries in collisions due to their vulnerability on the road.
Responded
Terence Gillard
Concerns: A dangerous uncontrolled pedestrian crossing on a multi-lane 40mph road lacks safety features and has a history of accidents. Redesign plans are uncertain and significantly delayed.
Responded
Jennifer Bunyan and Marion Bunyan
Concerns: An unsafe 60 mph speed limit on a degraded rural road, combined with insufficient inspections and years of delayed safety barrier implementation despite previous fatalities, created severe dangers.
Responded
Barry Howard
Concerns: Inadequate and poorly placed warning signs for a flood-prone ford, coupled with insufficient and delayed road closure measures, failed to prevent incidents and posed a significant risk to road users.
Responded
Matthew Scott
Concerns: A lengthy, defective, and subsided section of road, prone to holding standing water that could freeze, created a significant hazard for drivers, leading to loss of vehicle control.
Responded
Christopher Kapessa
Concerns: The Coal Authority lacked accessible risk information, specific water safety policies, and effective inspection protocols, failing to address deep, fast-flowing water dangers and implement identified safety works.
Responded
John Gray
Concerns: Inadequate barriers and signage on the promenade fail to protect mobility scooter users from variable, significant drop-offs, especially if they fall asleep, risking falls onto the beach.
Responded
Walter Faulder
Concerns: A busy pedestrian crossing, used by schoolchildren and older people, lacks adequate safety features, with concerns raised about the need for traffic lights to prevent future accidents.
Responded
Richard Littlewood
Concerns: Repeat fatal incidents on a specific road bend highlight concerns about inadequate safety measures and a lack of clear timescales for assessing and implementing additional road markings despite discussions between authorities.
Responded
Mason French
Concerns: Despite previous safety improvements, cyclists remain at significant risk at a specific road location, necessitating further measures to prevent future collisions.
Responded
Kaius Tutt
Concerns: Faded road markings and visibility issues at a roundabout create hazardous conditions. A recommendation to remove a dangerous downhill overtaking section lacks funding for implementation.
Responded
Andrew Still
Concerns: Critical road hazard warning signs near a dangerous bend were overgrown or missing, and no remedial action was taken despite police notification of the problem.
Responded
Zef Eisenberg
Concerns: A driver's safety harness crotch straps detached due to the reinforcement plate failing during impact, raising concerns about the adequacy of current regulations and strength assessments for harness fitting points in cars.
Overdue
Josie Archer-Smith
Concerns: A specific M20 motorway section has a design flaw, combining an incline and camber, causing water to run across the carriageway and leading to frequent aquaplaning incidents and collisions.
Responded
Sasha-Raven Marie Brown
Concerns: A specific road section is dangerously prone to severe surface water accumulation due to inadequate drainage and poor design, creating a high risk of accidents exacerbated by a lack of warning signs. Permanent engineering changes are critically needed.
Overdue
Harry Simmons
Concerns: A dangerous road junction is prone to collisions due to drivers cutting corners, sun glare impairing visibility, and a lack of effective signage or road design to mitigate risks.
Responded
Stephen Cloudsdale
Concerns: Highway safety concerns on the A66 include inadequate lighting and warning signage for crossing vehicles, high traffic speeds, and an insufficient central reservation width.
Overdue
Heike Mojay-Sinclare
Concerns: Lack of mandatory standards and inspection for river ford depth gauges, combined with poor inter-agency information sharing on previous incidents, creates significant safety risks, especially with increasing severe rainfall.
Responded
Thomas Pickering
Concerns: The apparent lack of adequate signage, such as warnings for hidden dips or recent incidents, increases the risk of future road traffic collisions at the site.
Responded
Oscar Seaman
Concerns: High collision rates persist on a road where speeding is ignored, compounded by an unsafe junction lacking stop signs and adequate visibility, necessitating speed cameras and mirrors.
Responded
Sarah Lewis
Concerns: The absence of mandatory rear cameras on Large Goods Vehicles creates critical blind spots, contributing to collisions with pedestrians during reversing manoeuvres.
Responded
Suzanne Regan
Concerns: The failure to replace old-style road barriers with modern, safer alternatives creates an ongoing risk of further deaths and serious injuries.
Overdue
Pathushan Sutharsan
Concerns: A road junction on the Downs Link remains hazardous for cyclists, pedestrians, and equestrians, lacking safe crossing infrastructure, such as a Pegasus crossing or bridge, and suffering from poor sight lines.
Responded
Yvonne Copland
Concerns: The road junction has a history of serious collisions due to poor visibility, deceptive road layout, and inadequate signage/safety measures, despite being a high-traffic route.
Responded
Daphne McKenna
Concerns: The absence of safety signage on a public footpath near a severe drop at a reasonably frequented viewing spot poses an avoidable risk of fatal falls.
Overdue
Adam Wilcox
Concerns: A busy main road lacks safe pedestrian and cycle crossings, forcing individuals to navigate dangerous sections where pathways end, significantly increasing the risk of serious collisions.
Overdue
Darren Wilson
Concerns: A notorious accident hotspot lacked essential traffic calming measures, including reduced speed limits and double white lines, contributing to numerous near misses and non-fatal collisions.
Overdue
Jamie Staley
Concerns: Lack of signage and relatively easy access points allow pedestrians to inadvertently stray onto the A40 near Gibraltar tunnels, posing a risk of future collisions.
Responded
Dev Naran
Concerns: Motorway management lacks automatic detection for stationary vehicles in live lanes, compounded by long gaps in emergency refuge areas and confusing signage on dynamic hard shoulders, increasing the risk of fatal collisions.
Responded
Pauline Howell
Concerns: A busy junction and pedestrian crossing is dangerously designed, allowing no margin for error for either pedestrians or drivers, and has led to multiple similar deaths.
Responded
Keith Battman
Concerns: Insufficient road safety features, including inadequate chevrons, faded road markings, and lack of vehicle-activated warning signs, contribute to a dangerous sharp bend.
Responded
Thomas Reid
Concerns: Insufficient and easily obscured advanced warning signage for a dangerous junction with a history of serious incidents poses an ongoing risk, despite awareness of the need for improvements.
Overdue
Richard Phillips
Concerns: A known problem of water running and freezing on a road descent created hazardous icy conditions, contributing to a fatal collision and highlighting unresolved road safety issues.
Responded
Ozan Allen
Concerns: A busy crossroads junction lacks pedestrian guard railings, has impaired visibility, and features staggered crossings often misused by pedestrians, contributing to a high rate of collisions.
Responded
Kristopher McDowell
Concerns: The aqueduct's parapet upright spacing is dangerously wide for current standards, creating a fall risk, and inspection procedures for upright embedment are subjective and inadequate to ensure structural integrity.
Responded
Shane Gray
Concerns: Inadequate, text-only signage and a lack of physical barriers create a significant drowning risk in an area of the lake frequented by families. Contractors were also not sufficiently informed of the rules.
Responded
Lyn Morgan
Concerns: A road barrier failed to redirect a lorry as designed, causing it to re-enter the carriageway. Given the heavy vehicle use, there's a risk of similar incidents occurring again.
Responded
Steven Key
Concerns: Inadequate low fencing at the railway line allowed easy access, posing a significant risk of death or injury from high-speed trains to both adults and children, despite a clear duty to prevent access.
Responded
Dwayne Thompson
Concerns: Reservoir safety was compromised by a regularly damaged fence and warning signs that failed to consider the needs and understanding of individuals with learning disabilities.
Responded
Garry Clarkson
Concerns: Westfield Lane is a dangerous accident blackspot with a history of multiple fatalities and accidents, highlighting an urgent need for highway safety improvements.
Responded
Paul Fairey
Concerns: Obscured street lighting, faded road markings, and an ineffective speed cushion created hazardous road conditions, compromising pedestrian and motorist safety.
Responded
Rowan Lloyd
Concerns: A busy road junction, frequently used by school children, lacks safe pedestrian crossings, cycle lanes, or barriers, leading to obscured views and high risk for pedestrians and cyclists.
Responded
Kendall Chadwick
Responded
Herbert Francis
Concerns: The junction lacks adequate road markings, early warning signs, and properly positioned speed limit signs. Filter lanes are too short, and there's no westbound filter, increasing road safety risks.
Responded
Carol Metcalfe
Concerns: Insufficient pedestrian safety measures on the A63 dual carriageway near Waterloo Manor Hospital pose a significant risk to those crossing.
Responded
Lucia Ciccioli
Concerns: Inadequate cycle lanes and protection at a junction, problematic road markings, and dangerous road conditions in an adjoining street compromise cyclist safety.
Overdue
Harry Jellicoe
Concerns: The national speed limit is too high for a bridge with restricted visibility and a height limitation requiring high-sided vehicles to use the center, exacerbated by a lack of priority signage.
Overdue
Matthew Wilmot
Concerns: Risk assessments for path closures are inadequate for unique routes without alternative access, leading pedestrians to disregard barriers and use hazardous excavations.
Responded
Molly Mills
Concerns: A complex road junction suffers from poor visibility due to an incline and queuing right-turning vehicles. Unclear right-of-way indications, inadequate signage, and a problematic solid white line create significant safety risks.
Responded
Shahbaz Salim
Concerns: The collision scene is hazardous due to its tendency to accumulate standing water during rainfall and a gap in the vehicle restraint barrier, which allows unimpeded traffic access.
Responded
Jeffery Matthews
Concerns: Inadequate warning signage and obstructed visibility at a hazardous crossroads, combined with a failure to implement previously recommended safety improvements due to resource issues, created a significant risk.
Responded
Spencer Hurst
Concerns: A second death in similar circumstances at the same location highlights a critical failure to implement adequate warning notices, fencing, or other safety measures to mitigate swimming risks.
Overdue
Frederick Dudley
Concerns: A dangerous, uncontrolled pedestrian crossing on a busy dual carriageway is obscured by a wall, located on a bend, and near a speed limit change, creating significant visibility and safety risks for pedestrians.
Overdue
Roy Lynch
Concerns: The highway design lacked stopping restrictions at a dangerous location, despite a nearby safe parking area, creating an unacceptable risk for drivers encountering stationary vehicles at speed.
Overdue
Aston Soulsby
Concerns: Pedestrians waiting in hatched road areas and vehicles passing in these zones create confusion and significant risk of road traffic incidents.
Responded
Ralph Brazier
Concerns: Insufficient consideration of increasing cyclist numbers on highways leads to inadequate defect categorisation, prioritising cycle lanes over highways where many cyclists also face significant risks.
Responded
Paul Briggs
Concerns: The absence of rumble strips on double white lines at a merging carriageway increases the risk of vehicles inadvertently straying into oncoming traffic, particularly where visibility is inhibited.
Responded
Margaret Jones
Concerns: Multiple collisions at a junction highlight the need for a reduced speed limit on the A36, improved road signage, and better carriageway markings to enhance driver safety.
Overdue
Esther Hartsilver
Concerns: The junction's design is inherently dangerous, allowing left-turning vehicles to cross straight-ahead traffic and lacking clear road signage to warn users of potential conflict, especially for cyclists.
Responded
Milan Dokic
Concerns: The Cycle Superhighway's road surface has reduced grip, creating a significant hazard that increases the likelihood of road users losing control, especially cyclists at junctions. An urgent review and replacement is needed.
Overdue
Warren Myers
Concerns: Inadequate warning signage on the approach to the corner significantly contributed to the accident risk.
Overdue
Rebecca Shaw
Concerns: The road layout at the junction was unsafe, with obstructed views of oncoming traffic and an inadequate central reservation, increasing the risk of collisions.
Overdue
David Holman
Concerns: A lack of dedicated cycle lanes on a busy road, coupled with an obstructed footpath and a hazardous kerb dip, created an unsafe environment for cyclists.
Overdue
Philip Evanson
Concerns: Road markings on the A49 Tarporley Road, specifically the ghost island, lane dividers, and right turn arrows, are significantly worn and indistinct, posing a safety risk.
Overdue
Jonathan Sellman
Concerns: Water pooling on a busy road and verges that could propel cars over safety barriers create hazardous driving conditions, despite the drainage being considered operative.
Responded
Beverley Siddall
Concerns: The road layout, safety notices, and barriers on a specific section of the A3075 are inadequate, posing a persistent risk of vehicles leaving the road.
Responded
Harold Davies
Concerns: A junction has a history of multiple fatalities, but proposed remedial safety works lack funding and commencement dates. There are also concerns about the national speed limit on the approach and insufficient warning signs.
Responded
Tony Jopson and Michael Jopson
Concerns: The A66's varied road standard, including single carriageway sections, is inadequate for high traffic volumes, particularly HGVs, leading to head-on collisions; it should be dual carriageway throughout.
Responded
Michael Jopson
Responded
Keith Harper
Concerns: Drivers lacked adequate warning of a pedestrian crossing near a roundabout due to limited visibility and misleading road features. Additionally, carriageway markings were obscured by resurfacing and debris.
Responded
Alesha O’Connor
Overdue
Corey Price
Overdue
Margaret Challis
Overdue
Robert Walker
Concerns: A road bend lacks adequate deviation markings, a tree trunk near the carriageway edge endangers road users, and a path's slippery surface could cause walkers to fall into the road.
Overdue
Aleeza Ahmed
Concerns: Chamfered kerbstones and the absence of a protective Armco barrier on a central reservation were identified as potential factors contributing to a vehicle overturning and posing increased danger to road users.
Responded
Neil Garry
Concerns: A busy road frequently used by pedestrians, including children, lacks a pedestrian crossing, posing a significant safety risk.
Overdue
Erich Speilmann
Concerns: The quality of street lighting at the incident location was poor and may have contributed to the event.
Overdue
Kenneth McCurdy and Mary McCurdy
Concerns: 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.
Responded
Charles Rayner
Concerns: The highway crossover point lacks a deceleration lane and clear signage, forcing westbound traffic to slow dangerously in the outside lane for a right turn, which is not prohibited.
Overdue
James McGeown
Concerns: An undulation in the road surface caused a loss of vehicle control at higher speeds, posing a significant risk to unsuspecting drivers.
Overdue
Joshua Booth
Concerns: A seriously substandard, subsided road section poses an immediate danger to motorists, requiring urgent repair, warning signage, and an advisory speed limit. Dangerous posts at the bank's foot also necessitate an Armco barrier.
Responded
Andrew Peacock
Concerns: The absence of regulations requiring amber warning beacons on tractors on all roads, not just dual carriageways, may reduce visibility and increase collision risk for other road users.
Responded
Christopher Taylor
Concerns: The dispatch team lacked immediate visibility of incoming incidents, hindering timely action. Also, the landowner of a high-risk river stretch should consider providing vandal-proof life buoy stations.
Responded
Kevin Lawrenson
Concerns: 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.
Responded
Leanne Gower
Concerns: Police do not routinely share damage-only collision data with councils, hindering effective identification of hazardous road sections and informed highway maintenance decisions.
Responded
Marcus Szigetvari
Concerns: The busy road during rush hour presented a high risk of drivers misjudging motorcycle headlights for distant cars, especially in poor conditions, contributing to a history of multiple collisions and fatalities.
Responded