Missing pedestrian crossing at busy crossroads
Transport for London received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 28 Dec 2017 and 17 Feb 2020.
They came from 2 different coroners. 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 2 specific actions.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“Transport for London (TfL) made a decision in 2007 that that it would not undertake any consideration of pedestrian crossings at that crossroads until after the completion of HS1;”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Transport for London responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“we intend to progress a banned turning movement in order to provide a signal controlled crossing on Dukes Road - to be implemented next year.”
Stated timescale: next year
- 2 years 2 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderatea different coroner
“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
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2017 → 2020Liam Seager2 years 2 months after Mark Welsh · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderate
Closely relatedConfidence 0.80 · moderateBoth reports highlight the absence of a pedestrian crossing at a busy road location, creating a risk of fatal collisions. The earlier case concerns a crossroads delayed pending HS1 completion, while the later case concerns the A12 near Wick Lane where a crossing is still missing.
Mark Welsh · 28 Dec 2017
“Transport for London (TfL) made a decision in 2007 that that it would not undertake any consideration of pedestrian crossings at that crossroads until after the completion of HS1;”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Liam Seager · 17 Feb 2020
“there is no pedestrian crossing on the A12 near the location of the collision.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Stated action · timescale: next year
“we intend to progress a banned turning movement in order to provide a signal controlled crossing on Dukes Road - to be implemented next year.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 → 2020 | 0.75 | 0.26 | Closely related · 0.80 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
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