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Zahid Ahmed

3 Mar 2021 · Coroner Tom Stoate · Bedfordshire and Luton

This report repeats 2 earlier warnings, and was raised again 3 times later. See the linked reports.

The coroner's concerns

  1. 1. absence of hard shoulder

    “absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane, the offending HGV would not have driven into the back of it”

Linked reports

Repeats an earlier warningDev Naran14 Oct 2019 · 1 year 5 months earlier
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high

Earlier report

“there is a 2.5 mile gap in the emergency refuge areas at this point; b) this section of the M6 is elevated and as such there is no land along the edge of the motorway”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane, the offending HGV would not have driven into the back of it”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Repeats an earlier warningJamil Ahmed15 Nov 2019 · 1 year 4 months earlier
Closely relatedConfidence 0.86 · high

Earlier report

“the stretch of motorway in question was raised with a significant drop next to the hard shoulder”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗

This report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane”
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Raised again laterZoltan Torok21 Mar 2022 · 1 year 1 month later
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high

This report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane”

Later report

“the collision would not have occurred if the broken down Land Rover had been able to pull out of the running lane into a refuge or onto a traditional hard shoulder”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Raised again laterDavid Levett18 Apr 2023 · 2 years 1 month later
Identical hazardConfidence 0.92 · high

This report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane, the offending HGV would not have driven into the back of it”

Later report

“THERE WAS NOWHERE FOR THE DRIVER OF THE FIRST VEHICLE TO PARK SAFELY e.g.. ON A HARD SHOULDER.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops
Raised again laterKevin O'Reilly17 Feb 2025 · 4 years later
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high

This report

“absence of a hard shoulder contributed to the collision. Had the [deceased's] vehicle been able to stop in a location other that a live lane, the offending HGV would not have driven into the back of it”

Later report

“It was accepted at inquest that Mr [name redacted] was on an all lanes open motorway. This type of motorway has all lanes open for vehicles to use, and areas for vehicles to stop every 1.6 miles, but not areas in between.”
Original on judiciary.uk ↗
Full chain: No hard shoulder on smart motorways leading to unsafe stops

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Source: Prevention of Future Deaths reports and responses published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary at judiciary.uk. Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated 26 Oct 2026.

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