Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Pedestrian access to motorway via tunnel ramp and ladder
The earlier warning
Jake Johnson · 24 Sept 2014 · coroner not stated, Cheshire
“The steps afford open access to the M56 motorway (although their original design purpose is seemingly now redundant);”
judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/jake-johnson
What was promised
No published response from National Highways was found for the earlier reports.
What recurred
- 16 Jan 2025 · Alexander Thomas · Adrian Farrow · Closely related · confidence 0.90 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Jake Johnson · 24 Sept 2014
“The steps afford open access to the M56 motorway (although their original design purpose is seemingly now redundant);”
Later · Alexander Thomas · 16 Jan 2025
“During the inquest, I heard that [REDACTED] is a pedestrian walkway running underneath the M56 motorway. On the northern side of the motorway (eastbound carriageway side) the entrance to the walkway tunnel is constructed so that the buttress walls form a ramp-like structure which has a shallow gradient topped with a waist-high railing which provides an easily accessible and walkable route from the footpath to the Armco crash barrier bordering the hard shoulder of the eastbound motorway carriage”
What happened next
No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.