Jennifer Wong
2 Sept 2022 · Coroner Darren Slater · Oxfordshire
The coroner's concerns
1. mobile crane blind spots
“It was apparent at inquest that the regulations concerning vehicles of this type are difficult to understand and to determine which regulations apply”
2. Kato City Crane 22 tonne
“The mobile crane in question was a Kato City Crane with a capacity of 22 tonnes, registration number P477 YHT”
3. vulnerable road users conflict at left turn
“the cycle lane and the left turn at the traffic light junction which results in vulnerable road users coming into direct conflict with vehicles intending to turn left into Headley Way”
Responses
2023-0010-Response-from-Department-for-Transport.pdf ↗· Department for Transport
2023-0010-Response-from-Oxfordshire-County-Council.pdf ↗· Oxfordshire County Council
Stated action · end of November 2022
“The council has taken on board your concerns and several measures have already been put in place to improve the public highway for vulnerable road users at both the Headley way junction and at two other key sites within the city. The works that have been completed at Headley Way include: A 5 second advance green lights for cyclists heading east bound and a dropped kerb facility to bring cyclists off the London Road to turn left into Headley Way. We have also commissioned our highway maintenance”