Insufficient traffic calming at junction leading to collisions
Lincolnshire County Council received 4 coroners' reports about this hazard between 24 Oct 2016 and 5 Dec 2019.
They came from 3 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. A similar concern was raised again 3 times after the first warning.
A published response was found for 2 of the 3 earlier reports, stating 2 specific actions.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“| was told that since 1985 there had been 4 other fatal road traffic collisions at this junction, two of which involved vehicles turning across Southbound traffic.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Lincolnshire County Council responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“The latest KSI Review which is about to be completed, has identified the A1 near Toll Bar Road as a site that requires prioritisation for closer investigation following the fatal Sye7s fy INVESTORS WF J INPEOPLE ane.”
Stated timescale: during the New Year
- 1 year 6 months later
“The section of road where this incident occurred is subject to no specific speed restriction.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ No published response from Lincolnshire County Council was found for this report.
- 11 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“In evidence the Lincolnshire Police confirmed that this was the fourth fatality at this junction;”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Lincolnshire County Council responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“We would continue to monitor funding opportunities for the roundabout and Z We are currently assessing the impact the traffic calming measures have had on collision rates”
- 9 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · higha different coroner
“The inherent danger of the location arose because of a lack of traffic calming measures such as a reduction of the speed limit at this location”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:trafficcalmingmeasuresspeed
The most recent report. A response may not be due or published yet.
- All reports to Lincolnshire County 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.
2016 → 2019Matthew Bilby2 years 4 months after Joan Green · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight the same junction’s design as creating a ongoing risk of fatal collisions, particularly when vehicles turn across southbound traffic. They cite multiple past fatalities and describe the junction as dangerous or an accident blackspot.
Joan Green · 24 Oct 2016
“| was told that since 1985 there had been 4 other fatal road traffic collisions at this junction, two of which involved vehicles turning across Southbound traffic.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Matthew Bilby · 7 Mar 2019
“In evidence the Lincolnshire Police confirmed that this was the fourth fatality at this junction;”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ 2019 → 2019Darren Wilson9 months after Matthew Bilby · different coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports identify the same junction as hazardous due to insufficient traffic calming measures. They agree that adding controls such as speed limits, cameras, or road markings would reduce the risk.
Matthew Bilby · 7 Mar 2019
“Alternatively there should be the deployment of considered traffic calming measures (cameras, traffic lights, speed restrictions)”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Darren Wilson · 5 Dec 2019
“The inherent danger of the location arose because of a lack of traffic calming measures such as a reduction of the speed limit at this location”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“We would continue to monitor funding opportunities for the roundabout and Z We are currently assessing the impact the traffic calming measures have had on collision rates”
2018 → 2019Darren Wilson1 year 8 months after Harry Jellicoe · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports highlight that the road segment lacks sufficient speed‑control measures, with the earlier report noting no specific speed restriction and the later report citing a lack of traffic calming such as a reduced speed limit.
Harry Jellicoe · 18 Apr 2018
“The section of road where this incident occurred is subject to no specific speed restriction.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Darren Wilson · 5 Dec 2019
“The inherent danger of the location arose because of a lack of traffic calming measures such as a reduction of the speed limit at this location”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ 2016 → 2019Darren Wilson3 years 1 month after Joan Green · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · highBoth reports highlight the same junction as a dangerous site with a history of near‑misses and fatal collisions. The later report adds that the danger stems from missing traffic‑calming measures such as a lower speed limit and double white lines.
Joan Green · 24 Oct 2016
“| was told that since 1985 there had been 4 other fatal road traffic collisions at this junction, two of which involved vehicles turning across Southbound traffic.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Darren Wilson · 5 Dec 2019
“The inherent danger of the location arose because of a lack of traffic calming measures such as a reduction of the speed limit at this location”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“The latest KSI Review which is about to be completed, has identified the A1 near Toll Bar Road as a site that requires prioritisation for closer investigation following the fatal Sye7s fy INVESTORS WF J INPEOPLE ane.”
Stated action · timescale: during the New Year
“The latest KSI Review which is about to be completed, has identified the A1 near Toll Bar Road as a site that requires prioritisation for closer investigation following the fatal Sye7s fy INVESTORS WF J INPEOPLE ane.”
No published response from Lincolnshire County Council was found for this report.
Stated action
“We would continue to monitor funding opportunities for the roundabout and Z We are currently assessing the impact the traffic calming measures have had on collision rates”
No published response from Lincolnshire County Council was found for this report. It is the most recent report, so a response may not be due or published yet.
- 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 Lincolnshire County 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 → 2019 | 0.74 | 0.11 | Identical · 0.90 | different |
| 2019 → 2019 | 0.68 | 0.37 | Identical · 0.90 | different |
| 2018 → 2019 | 0.66 | 0.10 | Closely related · 0.90 | different |
| 2016 → 2019 | 0.65 | 0.04 | Closely related · 0.85 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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