John Moreton

The collision occurred when the deceased attempted to cross the busy dual carriageway A5oo at a point approximately one half mile from the A34 exit This road links junction 16 of the M6 with Stoke-on-Trent and is generally in a southbound direction The deceased had approached the edge of the dual carriageway after using a pedestrian's stile which led him directly to this point and where there is a gap in the central reservation t0 enable pedestrians to cross to the northbound carriageway and continue over another stile. There are no warning signs of the clear and present danger either for pedestrians or motorists on their approaches The deceased was struck bY a car and would have died instantly: The footpath has been in situ for many prior to the construction of the A5OO in the 1970s. am not aware of any previous fatality but the danger is obvious with a road having the national speed Iimit: Warning signs of pedestrians crossing are common elsewhere in the county: am advocating they should be erected here. Another rambler was seen to cross this busy road whilst officers were still at the scene