0800 321 3836Count on us for 24 hour emergency breakdownrecovery and expert roadside assistance!info@lmrecovery.com www.lmrecovery.comUnit 3, 638 Merry Street Motherwell, ML1 4BPLoanhead, Edinburgh, EH20 9QX 01698 269 949NEWSHIGHWAYS ENGLAND MANSLAUGHTER CHARGEFOR SMART MOTORWAY DEATHHighways England could be chargedwith manslaughter following the deathof a 62-year-old woman on a stretch ofsmart motorway.plus a further six minutes before warningsigns telling other drivers not to use thelane in which the Nissan was located wereactivated.A coroner investigating the death hassaid she may refer the case to the CrownProsecution Service to consider if thecharges are appropriate.At a pre-inquest review Mundy said: “I wantto know why, essentially, it’s as simple asthat.”Nargis Begum, from Sheffield, was killedon the M1 in South Yorkshire in September2018 when another vehicle collided withher husband’s Nissan Qashqai, which hadbroken down.Begum had exited the Nissan, which wasstranded in a live lane, and was waiting forhelp when the incident happened.The smart motorway section had no hardshoulder.More than 16 minutes elapsed between theNissan breaking down and the collision,14The case, at Doncaster Coroner’s Court,was adjourned until February 11 to allowGovernment lawyers time to prepare aresponseThe CPS has decided against prosecutingthe driver who hit the Nissan.series of measures to improve the safetyof smart motorways, following a reviewcommissioned by Transport Secretary GrantShapps.Analysis commissioned by the TransportSecretary reportedly found that “in mostMundy added that she was also considering ways”, smart motorways are as safe as, orsafer than, conventional ones.whether to refer this decision back to theCPS based on the evidence she had seen.There was also an admission that someAlmost 40 people have been killed on smart risks are higher than on conventionalmotorways, for example the risk of amotorways in the last five years.collision between a moving and stationaryvehicle.In March, the Government announced a
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