Costel Stancu
12 Nov 2019 · Coroner Peter Sigee · Cheshire
This report repeats 1 earlier warning. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. lack of lighting on motorway
“the lack of lighting on this section of the motorway was a contributory factor to the Second Series of Collisions”
2. lack of lighting risk
“the risk arising from the lack of lighting had not been re-assessed either as part of the conversion to a 'smart motorway' or following the incident on 29th March 2019”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.93 · high
Earlier report
“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”
This report
“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”