Lack of street lighting on A50
National Highways received 2 coroners' reports about this hazard between 9 Aug 2018 and 22 Feb 2019.
They came from 2 different coroners in 2 coroner areas. 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.
The story, report by report
Spacing grows with the time between reports.
“(1) The A50 in question does not have street lighting. Street lighting in this area would be beneficial to prevent future deaths occurring.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ National Highways responded, stating 1 specific action.Response (PDF) ↗
“Update to the Regulation 28 response from Highways England concerning the death of [the deceased] PURI. C) Detailed investigations will be undertaken on the fatal accidents occurring on the A50 between junction 3 and junction 4 to understand the wider context of the accidents occurring, gathering information pertaining to the highway and its environs.”
- 6 months laterClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · higha different coroner
“The low levels of natural light on this section accentuates the present lack of any street lighting on this section of road which may otherwise assist pedestrians with executing a safe crossing during the hours of darkness.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Repeated from the earlier report:streetlighting
National Highways responded.Response (PDF) ↗
- All reports to National Highways
Each row is one judged link between an earlier and a later report. Open a row to read both quotes, found word for word in the originals.
2018 → 2019Doreen Fell6 months after Aditya Puri · different coronerClosely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · highBoth reports highlight that the absence of street lighting reduces safety for pedestrians in darkness. The later report adds considerations of speed limits and local amenities but retains the core lighting concern.
Aditya Puri · 9 Aug 2018
“(1) The A50 in question does not have street lighting. Street lighting in this area would be beneficial to prevent future deaths occurring.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Doreen Fell · 22 Feb 2019
“The low levels of natural light on this section accentuates the present lack of any street lighting on this section of road which may otherwise assist pedestrians with executing a safe crossing during the hours of darkness.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗ Stated action in the response to the earlier report
“Update to the Regulation 28 response from Highways England concerning the death of [the deceased] PURI. C) Detailed investigations will be undertaken on the fatal accidents occurring on the A50 between junction 3 and junction 4 to understand the wider context of the accidents occurring, gathering information pertaining to the highway and its environs.”
Stated action
“Update to the Regulation 28 response from Highways England concerning the death of [the deceased] PURI. C) Detailed investigations will be undertaken on the fatal accidents occurring on the A50 between junction 3 and junction 4 to understand the wider context of the accidents occurring, gathering information pertaining to the highway and its environs.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 → 2019 | 0.73 | 0.35 | Closely related · 0.85 | different |
Judge model: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b. How Nemotron did the work · Full methodology.
Next
Other chains for National Highways
- Standing water on road leading to hydroplaning5 reports · 2016–2026
- Inadequate drainage leading to water accumulation on carriageway2 reports · 2022–2026
- Missing pedestrian crossing on busy ring road3 reports · 2015–2026
- Raised obstruction on road surface leading to loss of control2 reports · 2016–2025
This shows that a similar concern was raised again after an earlier report. It does not say why, and it is not a finding about any organisation or person. To report an error, see the corrections route.