Scotland: Fatal Accident Inquiry

Iain Neil MacNicol

Reference DNN-B26-20 Published 9 December 2020 Sheriff Sheriff Thomas Ward Sheriffdom North Strathclyde Date of death 1 July 2018 Cause of death 4. 1 (a) A neck injury due to: 1(b) Quad bike accident (driver). Section 28 responses identified 0 8-week deadline 3 February 2021

Determination PDF ↗ Scottish Courts FAI page ↗ Response tracker Statistics By year

Recommendations

Recommendations (the sheriff's words)

of the Act that: (a) Anyone working on a farm and using a quad bike should undertake a course of driving instruction before being allowed to use a quad bike. (b) Any adaptations which obscure the driver`s full vision should not be attached to a quad bike. (c) All persons driving a quad bike should wear a safety helmet.

Under section 28 of the 2016 Act, each recipient of a recommendation must respond within 8 weeks. The 8-week window is counted from the publication date. See how we track responses.

Section 28 responses

Overall status, as assessed by this site: Response pending

No response has been identified on the case landing page yet. The 8-week window has closed without a published response or non-response notice.

About Fatal Accident Inquiries

Fatal Accident Inquiries are held under the 2016 Act before a sheriff. They are mandatory for deaths in custody and at work. The sheriff may make recommendations under s.26(1)(b); recipients must respond within 8 weeks under s.28. See the methodology page for detail.

Data: scotcourts.gov.uk.

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