Lynn Gormly

1. 1. suicide by jumping from car park

   “There have been a number of suicides from 2006 onwards, where individuals have taken their own lives by jumping from the Queensgate Car Parks. The current design of the car park is not effective in preventing jumps and the recent refurbishment of the car parks did not lead to the erection of barriers/increasing the height of the walls. Of note is the paper (attached) by and others (BMC Public Health 2013, 13:214) which concluded that notwithstanding certain limitations of the review undertaken,”

2. 2. suicide by jumping from car park

   “The car park at Peterborough City Hospital which was opened in 2010 and is therefore of modern design, was constructed in such a way as to provide a significant obstacle to jumping as the wall on the top floor is approximately 3 meters high. By contrast, the walls at the upper floors of the Queensgate Car Parks and other City Centre car parks, are at a low level and do not operate as an effective barrier to jumping.”

3. 3. death of pedestrians

   “Falls from the car parks have been into areas where the public use pavements and there is clearly a risk of death to pedestrians also.”

4. 4. suicide by jumping from car park

   “There is evidence in the medical notes and records of some of those who have taken their own lives, that car parks are seen as a means of effecting death by jumping.”

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