Lack of signage and safety aids near canal
Canal and River Trust received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 23 Nov 2016 and 26 Feb 2026.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
No published response from Canal and River Trust was found for the earlier reports.
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Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“There was no signage warning of the dangers of swimming or safety aids at Lock 62 or within the nearby vicinity.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ No published response from Canal and River Trust was found for this report.
- 9 years 3 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“Once in the water, there is currently no safety equipment which could assist someone in getting out, whether they are in accidentally or intentionally,”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Canal and River Trust responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to Canal and River Trust
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2016 → 2026William Webb9 years 3 months after Flavio Pizarro · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight the absence of warning signage and safety equipment near the canal, which leaves people unaware of drowning risks and unable to self‑rescue.
Flavio Pizarro · 23 Nov 2016
“There was no signage warning of the dangers of swimming or safety aids at Lock 62 or within the nearby vicinity.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ William Webb · 26 Feb 2026
“Once in the water, there is currently no safety equipment which could assist someone in getting out, whether they are in accidentally or intentionally,”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
No published response from Canal and River Trust was found for this report.
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 Canal and River Trust 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 → 2026 | 0.66 | 0.15 | Identical · 0.90 | different |
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