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Death of pedestrian leads to investigation and warning
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A COMPANY whose truck killed a pedestrian has escaped with a warning following a maintenance investigation.
North-Western Deputy TC Elizabeth Perrett told Star Autos of Bury she was satisfied it was committed to running a safe and efficient fleet.
The company holds a licence for 18 vehicles and eight trailers. Vehicle examiner Karl Finnerty told the DTC he carried out a maintenance investigation following the fatal accident in November 2005. An immediate prohibition was issued to the vehicle involved due to equipment on the dashboard seriously impairing the driver's view to the front. However, it was accepted that this did not contribute to the fatality.
Seven vehicles and four trailers were examined resulting in one delayed prohibition and one defect notice being issued. Mileages were rarely entered on the inspection records and there were doubts about the quality of the drivers' first use inspections.
Since May 2002 five immediate and 12 delayed prohibitions had been imposed on the company's vehicles, along with 11 variation and refusal notices. Two of the prohibitions were issued at annual test. There was an initial failure rate of 61.54% at annual test, and a final failure rate of 53.85% .The majority of the prohibitions were brake-related.
For the company, Michael Cunningham said the vehicle had been traversing a dog-leg at walking pace when the pedestrian stepped off under the rear wheel.
Managing director Thomas Mills said the company had engaged the services of a transport consultant and his recommendations had improved systems. A new garage had been built and the firm would like to invest in a rolling road brake tester. In the meantime Mills undertook to have voluntary brake tests on all vehicles four times a year.