Another IPV strike results in a near miss for road marking crew.
A road marking crew narrowly missed being struck following an IPV being hit directly to the rear sending it careering down the road narrowly missing a crew from Quality Marking Services.
Below is the safety alert related to the incident authored by the Managing Director of the business Greg Clark.
At 01:30hrs on Friday 2nd September 2022, an Impact Protection Vehicle (IPV) was struck by an articulated LGV whilst protecting our QMS HyperLineTM installation crew.
The Mobile Traffic Management had been positioned correctly with lanes 1 and 2 closed. Advanced warning sign trailers were positioned 800, 500 and 200 yards prior to the first IPV, with clear indication that lanes 1 and 2 were closed.
There were three IPV in operation, Block 3 was positioned in lane 1, Block 2 was positioned over the lane line between lanes 1 and 2 and Block 1 was positioned in lane 2. Each were spaced 100m apart with Block 1 positioned 100m behind the HyperLine truck which was also positioned in lane 2.
HyperLine works were being carried out from the near side of our vehicle, the furthest point from the passing traffic in lane 3.
The speed of operation was 7km per hour.
Despite all advanced warning signs, the LGV driver manoeuvred his vehicle from lane 3 into lane 2 as he passed block 2 and impacted directly into the rear of block 1 without any signs of evasion.
Despite the horrific incident, there were no injuries to the driver of the LGV or the driver of the IPV.
This clearly demonstrates that the design of the IPV is sufficient to prevent serious injury. The actions from the appointed Traffic Management Company following the incident were superb alongside the QMS HyperLine crew, National Highways and the Police officers who attended.
The investigation that followed the incident showed that the two overhead gantry signs immediately before the location of impact were showing potentially confusing information. The first gantry, 1km before impact was warning motorists of a queue and to reduce speed to 40mph, although the mobile works had blocked lanes 1 and 2, all three lanes were shown as open.
The second gantry, 200m before the point of impact had no information displayed.
It has become apparent that information on the gantry signs advising that the lanes are closed are not used during road works.
The Police are intending to prosecute the driver of the LGV for driving without due car and attention / dangerous driving. The date for court appearance has not yet been confirmed.
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