Pedestrians crossing carriageway without protection
Transport for London received 3 coroners' reports about this hazard between 20 Feb 2015 and 17 Feb 2020.
They came from 3 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 2 times after the first warning.
A published response was found for 2 of the 2 earlier reports, stating 3 specific actions.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“There is nothing to prevent pedestrians crossing the carriageway of the bridge (such as a central fence) and neither is there any protection for pedestrians who have reached”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Transport for London responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“TfL will be carrying out a detailed investigation of the lighting levels and the distribution of light over the bridge by August 2015”
Stated timescale: August 2015
Web search (Tavily): No evidence found either way
S1066 A6 Lighting of London Underground Assets ↗- 4 years 1 month laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“(2) There is no pedestrian guard railing at the junction”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Transport for London responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“We are proposing to re-introduce pedestrian guard railing on north-west corner of the junction to direct pedestrians to use the formal crossings provided.”
- 11 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“I heard at inquest that there is no pedestrian crossing on the A12 near the location of the collision.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Transport for London responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“We are in the process of implementing a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) at these locations with appropriate signage to prohibit and deter pedestrian access. Once in place, the TRO will provide the Police with the authority to take enforcement action if anyone attempts to walk along the slip road to access the A12.”
Stated timescale: June 2020
- All reports to Transport for London
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 → 2019Ozan Allen4 years 1 month after Maria Nekrasova · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight the absence of a physical barrier meant to protect pedestrians from vehicle traffic. The earlier report concerns a bridge lacking a central fence or reservation, while the later report notes a junction without pedestrian guard railing.
Maria Nekrasova · 20 Feb 2015
“(1)There is nothing to prevent pedestrians crossing the carriageway of the bridge (such as a central fence) and neither is there any protection for pedestrians who have reached the middle of the carriageway (such as a central reservation);”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Ozan Allen · 1 Apr 2019
“(2) There is no pedestrian guard railing at the junction”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“TfL will be carrying out a detailed investigation of the lighting levels and the distribution of light over the bridge by August 2015”
2015 → 2020Liam Seager5 years after Maria Nekrasova · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight a lack of protective measures that would prevent pedestrians from being exposed to vehicle traffic while crossing a road. The earlier case concerns missing barriers on a bridge, while the later case concerns a missing marked crossing on an underpass.
Maria Nekrasova · 20 Feb 2015
“There is nothing to prevent pedestrians crossing the carriageway of the bridge (such as a central fence) and neither is there any protection for pedestrians who have reached”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Liam Seager · 17 Feb 2020
“I heard at inquest that there is no pedestrian crossing on the A12 near the location of the collision.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“TfL will be carrying out a detailed investigation of the lighting levels and the distribution of light over the bridge by August 2015”
Stated action · timescale: August 2015
“TfL will be carrying out a detailed investigation of the lighting levels and the distribution of light over the bridge by August 2015”
What happened next: No evidence found either way
No source confirms or denies the August 2015 investigation timeline.
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No evidence found does not mean the action did not happen.
Stated action
“We are proposing to re-introduce pedestrian guard railing on north-west corner of the junction to direct pedestrians to use the formal crossings provided.”
Stated action · timescale: June 2020
“We are in the process of implementing a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) at these locations with appropriate signage to prohibit and deter pedestrian access. Once in place, the TRO will provide the Police with the authority to take enforcement action if anyone attempts to walk along the slip road to access the A12.”
- 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 Transport for London 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 → 2019 | 0.75 | 0.06 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
| 2015 → 2020 | 0.71 | 0.24 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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