Derek Nixon
10 Mar 2016 · Coroner Ian Smith · Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. pedestrians crossing at Keep Clear point
“heard police evidence that many pedestrians, by far the majority, when walking down Fountain Street then walked across Ball Haye Street at the 'Keep Clear' point because there was nothing to prevent them”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“heard police evidence that many pedestrians, by far the majority, when walking down Fountain Street then walked across Ball Haye Street at the 'Keep Clear' point because there was nothing to prevent them.”
Later report
“There are no pedestrian guardrails either side of the carriageway at what appears to be a primary location used by people for their speed and convenience, to avoid the need to walk further to use the pedestrian crossings”
Responses
2016-0103-Response-by-Staffordshire-County-Council.pdf ↗· Staffordshire County Council
Stated action · 2016/17 financial year
“proposed to install a short section of guardrail around the northern radius of the Fountain Street junction”