Steven Easdale
13 Feb 2023 · Coroner Geoffrey Sullivan · Herefordshire
A similar concern from this report was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. unlit pedestrian refuge
“That the lack of working lights on the pedestrian refuge on the B197 Digswell Hill (near the Red Lion Public House) poses a danger to road users and pedestrians. Specifically that neither the illuminated bollard nor the streetlamp are in working order.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“(1) That the lack of working lights on the pedestrian refuge on the B197 Digswell Hill (near the Red Lion Public House) poses a danger to road users and pedestrians.”
Later report
“[the deceased] seems to have believed that as a pedestrian he had right of way, he may have been a bit confused having forgotten his wallet however the day before the collision be referred to the illuminated pole in the central refuge as a Belisha Beacon.”