Road fatalities 2013 to 2023 causes (FOI)

Request

What roads have there been road traffic accidents where somebody has died as a result for at least the last 10 years, and of these what was the proven cause (if known), for example, speed, careless driving, medical incident and so on?

Also, what was the speed limits on said roads.

Response

Please see the attached spreadsheet for details of the date and time, road name, Parish and contributory factors for each road traffic collision (RTC) where there has been a fatality since 2013. The contributory factors cannot necessarily be deemed to be the proven cause. 

Table.xlsx

The four most recent RTCs are all the subjects of live investigations with reports either prepared or in the process of being prepared for the Deputy Viscount in order that he may hold an inquest to determine cause of death. Article 24(3) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied to the four most recent incidents.

Speed limits for individual roads are publicly accessible on the Jersey Law website in the Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (Jersey) Order 2003. Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has therefore been applied. Please see the following link:

Road Traffic (Speed Limits) (Jersey) Order 2003 (jerseylaw.je)

Articles applied

Article 23 - Information accessible to applicant by other means

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is reasonably available to the applicant, otherwise than under this Law, whether or not free of charge.

(2) A scheduled public authority that refuses an application for information on this ground must make reasonable efforts to inform the applicant where the applicant may obtain the information.

Article 24 - Court information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –

(a) filed with, or otherwise placed in the custody of, a court; or

(b) served upon, or by, the scheduled public authority, in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document created by –

(a) a court; or

(b) a member of the administrative staff of a court, in proceedings in a particular cause or matter.

(3) Information is absolutely exempt information if it is held by a scheduled public authority only by virtue of being contained in a document –

(a) placed in the custody of; or

(b) created by, a person conducting an inquiry or arbitration, for the purposes of the inquiry or arbitration.

(4) In this Article –

“arbitration” means arbitration to which Part 2 of the Arbitration (Jersey) Law 1998 applies;

“court” includes any tribunal in which legal proceedings may be brought;

“inquiry” means an inquiry or a hearing held under an enactment;

“proceedings in a particular cause or matter” includes an inquest or post-mortem examination.