Inappropriate speed limit on complex slip road
Gateshead Council received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 20 Jul 2015 and 9 Jan 2025.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 1 specific action.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“(3) Appropriateness of 50 mile per hour speed limit on a complex slip road where driver visibility is limited and reaction time to any hazard significantly impaired as a result”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Gateshead Council responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“An additional sign will be erected at the top of the steps (adjacent to the south east slip) which leads to the 'underpass'. This will indicate the presence of a pedestrian route (via steps) and identify the pedestrian destination. Investigative work will be undertaken to confirm that the pedestrian route is appropriately signed on both sides of the bridgehead.”
Stated timescale: three months from the date of this letter
- 9 years 6 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“(6) A 40 miles per hour speed limit is unsafe for this stretch of road.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:hourspeedlimitroad
Gateshead Council responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to Gateshead Council
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2015 → 2025John Liddle9 years 6 months after Paul Coxon · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports question whether the posted speed limit is appropriate for the road conditions, citing limited visibility and hazardous features.
Paul Coxon · 20 Jul 2015
“(3) Appropriateness of 50 mile per hour speed limit on a complex slip road where driver visibility is limited and reaction time to any hazard significantly impaired as a result”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ John Liddle · 9 Jan 2025
“(6) A 40 miles per hour speed limit is unsafe for this stretch of road.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action · timescale: three months from the date of this letter
“An additional sign will be erected at the top of the steps (adjacent to the south east slip) which leads to the 'underpass'. This will indicate the presence of a pedestrian route (via steps) and identify the pedestrian destination. Investigative work will be undertaken to confirm that the pedestrian route is appropriately signed on both sides of the bridgehead.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to Gateshead Council at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 → 2025 | 0.69 | 0.28 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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