Fatalities on Smart Motorways 2014 to 2021 ( 772A/21)
Request
Please could you provide me with the following information regarding fatal road traffic collisions on smart motorways since January 1, 2014:
- 1.The total number of fatalities during that period
- 2.The date, location and names of those killed in each collision
- 3.What type of smart motorway the collision occurred on i.e. controlled motorway, dynamic hard shoulder, or all lane running
Response
We can confirm that some relevant information is held by West Midlands Police. However, while the majority of the information is attached to this email I am not required to release all of the information requested.
The information that we can provide is detailed below: (DHS = dynamic hard shoulder)
| Date | Location | Deceased | Motorway Type |
| 16/03/2014 | M6 J10-J9 | Benjamin ELLIMAN | DHS |
| 06/07/2014 | M6 J4-4a | Haroon RAJA | DHS |
| 07/07/2015 | M6 J4a-4 | Lee SMITH | DHS |
| 04/02/2016 | M6 J5-J6 | This is exempt by virtue of section 40(2) Personal information | DHS |
| 21/08/2016 | M6 J10-J10a | Anthony MARSTON | DHS |
| 18/08/2017 | M6 J6-J5 | Jamil AHMED | DHS |
| 31/05/2018 | M6 J6-J5 | Dev NARAN | DHS |
| 14/03/2019 | M6 J10 | This is exempt by virtue of section 40(2) Personal information | DHS |
| 27/07/2020 | M6 J9 | Victoria KAVANAGH | DHS |
REASONS FOR DECISION
The withheld information is exempt by virtue of the following exemptions
Section 40(2) – Personal Information
These exemptions and explanatory notes are shown here:
Section 40(2) is an absolute and class based exemption if to release the information exists would breach the third party’s data protection rights. In this case to release this personal information would not constitute fair processing of the data. As this exemption is class based I am not required to identify the harm in disclosure and in this instance I believe that the right to privacy outweighs any public interest in release.
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