Hoshi Naylor

“The point at which [the deceased] started to cross the road is approximately opposite a bus stop and a shop which she was intending to visit to buy packed lunch provisions for a school trip the following day. It is a point where pedestrians can reasonably be anticipated to cross the road to and from the bus stop and the shop.”

“The nearest pedestrian refuge island to the scene of the collision is approximately 500 metres away from it, in an eastbound direction.”

“The nearest traffic signal controlled pedestrian crossing to the scene of the collision is approximately 940 metres away from it, in an eastbound direction.”

“In the opinion of a Forensic Collision Investigator called as an expert witness to the Inquest, the provision of facilitated pedestrian crossing points on this stretch of the A6120 (whether facilitated by refuge islands or pedestrian crossings) is sparse in comparison to such provision on similar stretches of the A6120 elsewhere along its length.”

“The street lighting at the collision site appears to offer little illumination of the grass verges to either side of the road. In dark conditions, motorists' awareness of pedestrians intending to cross the road is likely to be restricted.”