Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Road lighting failure on motorway leading to visibility issues
The earlier warning
Mark Burgess · 24 Feb 2014 · Michael Singleton, Blackburn, Hyndburn & Ribble Valley
“the current road lighting system for that section of the M65 Motorway was not 1 operating during the hours of darkness, having been decommissioned in March 2011, as part of”
judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/mark-burgess
What was promised
No published response from National Highways was found for the earlier reports.
What recurred
- 12 Nov 2019 · Costel Stancu · Peter Sigee · Identical hazard · confidence 0.93 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Mark Burgess · 24 Feb 2014
“the current road lighting system for that section of the M65 Motorway was not 1 operating during the hours of darkness, having been decommissioned in March 2011, as part of”
Later · Costel Stancu · 12 Nov 2019
“the lack of lighting on this section of the motorway was a contributory factor to the Second Series of Collisions; the evidence at inquest was that this section of the motorway remains unlit at night”
What happened next
No web check of the stated actions has been published for this chain.