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David Levett

18 Apr 2023 · Coroner Anne Pember · Northamptonshire

This report repeats 4 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.

The coroner's concerns

  1. 1. stopped vehicles in live lane without hard shoulder

    “THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY”

Linked reports

Repeats an earlier warningDev Naran14 Oct 2019 · 3 years 6 months earlier
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high

Earlier report

“Vehicles stopping in live lanes of a motorway create a risk to life due to the speed of the traffic approaching, the difficulty approaching drivers will have in identifying that a vehicle in the lane ahead of them is stationary and the fact that the volume of traffic around any stopped vehicle can inhibit the ability of a driver to take evasive action without coming into contact with other road users.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Repeats an earlier warningAlexandru Murgeanu and Jason Mercer19 Jan 2021 · 2 years 3 months earlier
Identical hazardConfidence 0.95 · high

Earlier report

“- The obvious and foreseeable risk posed by the absence of a hard shoulder on”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Repeats an earlier warningZahid Ahmed3 Mar 2021 · 2 years 1 month earlier
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high

Earlier report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane, the offending HGV would not have driven into the back of it”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY e.g.. ON A HARD SHOULDER.”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Repeats an earlier warningZoltan Torok21 Mar 2022 · 1 year 1 month earlier
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high

Earlier report

“there was no run-off lane or safety lane or hard shoulder, but all lanes were running lanes.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY e.g.. ON A HARD SHOULDER.”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Raised again laterKevin O'Reilly17 Feb 2025 · 1 year 10 months later
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high

This report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY”

Later report

“It was accepted at inquest that Mr [name redacted] was on an all lanes open motorway. This type of motorway has all lanes open for vehicles to use, and areas for vehicles to stop every 1.6 miles, but not areas in between”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops

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Source: Prevention of Future Deaths reports and responses published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary at judiciary.uk. Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated 26 Oct 2026.

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