Drivers entering slip road wrong direction due to inadequate signage
National Highways received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 21 Dec 2023 and 22 Aug 2024.
They came from 1 coroner. A similar concern was raised again 1 time after the first warning.
A published response was found for 1 of the 1 earlier reports, stating 1 specific action.
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“Following the collision, large temporary No Entry signs were positioned at the slip road junction. They were quickly removed apparently because the original signs were deemed to comply with necessary regulations.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ National Highways responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
“Further temporary signing has been put in place at the exit point of the A5 off slip at the Little Brickhill junction in the form of two large 1200mm 'No Entry' signs on A-frames on each side of the carriageway (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), Diagram 616 No entry for vehicular traffic). These signs are intended to provide mitigation against further wrong way driving incidents while a full safety review of the junction has been undertaken.”
- 8 months laterIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
“National Highways undertook a number of immediate remedial measures to try to prevent drivers turning and travelling the wrong way down this slip road, including narrowing the”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:sliproad
National Highways responded.Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗Response (PDF) ↗
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2023 → 2024Tracey Haybittle8 months after Amal Ahmed · same coronerIdentical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · highBoth reports address the hazard of drivers mistakenly entering the slip road in the wrong direction due to inadequate warning/signage. The later report adds physical narrowing and satnav‑voice concerns but the core unsafe condition remains the same.
Amal Ahmed · 21 Dec 2023
“Following the collision, large temporary No Entry signs were positioned at the slip road junction. They were quickly removed apparently because the original signs were deemed to comply with necessary regulations.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Tracey Haybittle · 22 Aug 2024
“National Highways undertook a number of immediate remedial measures to try to prevent drivers turning and travelling the wrong way down this slip road, including narrowing the”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“Further temporary signing has been put in place at the exit point of the A5 off slip at the Little Brickhill junction in the form of two large 1200mm 'No Entry' signs on A-frames on each side of the carriageway (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), Diagram 616 No entry for vehicular traffic). These signs are intended to provide mitigation against further wrong way driving incidents while a full safety review of the junction has been undertaken.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
Stated action
“Further temporary signing has been put in place at the exit point of the A5 off slip at the Little Brickhill junction in the form of two large 1200mm 'No Entry' signs on A-frames on each side of the carriageway (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD), Diagram 616 No entry for vehicular traffic). These signs are intended to provide mitigation against further wrong way driving incidents while a full safety review of the junction has been undertaken.”
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
No specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
- Each report's concerns were extracted by Nemotron 3 Nano on Nebius Token Factory, each with a quote copied from the report.
- Concerns from reports to National Highways at least six months apart were compared by meaning (Qwen3 embeddings) and wording (TF-IDF).
- The closest pairs were judged by Nemotron 3 Super with reasoning on. Only identical or closely related, with confidence of at least 0.70, are shown.
- Every quote was checked by code as an exact substring of the original text. Names of staff and family are redacted, and the deceased are named by report title only.
| Link | Meaning | Wording | Judge | Coroner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 → 2024 | 0.80 | 0.40 | Identical · 0.90 | same |
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