David Levett died after the stationary car he was in got struck on the M1.
Angie Mower said her brother had no time to get out of the car before it was struckThe sister of a man who died following a crash on a smart motorway said existing lanes needed to be made safer.
David Levett, 53, was seriously injured and later died after the stationary car he was in got struck on the M1 near Daventry, Northamptonshire, in 2018.that said the death might have been avoided if a hard shoulder was active.Smart motorways use technology to regulate traffic flow and ease congestion, with the hard shoulder often used as an extra lane for vehicles.
On 28 January 2018, Mr Levett was a rear passenger in a car on the M1 southbound that had pulled over to aid a broken down vehicle.Northamptonshire coroner Anne Pember said in a Prevention of Future Deaths report there was nowhere safe for the stranded vehicle to stop because there was no hard shoulder.
Ms Mower said when police told her and her parents about the crash on the smart motorway, "at the time I think ourselves and a lot of other people didn't know what they were or how they functioned".She said her brother lived in a care home, had mental and physical disabilities, and she was worried about people in similar positions.
"My huge concern is that vulnerable people would have real problems with getting out quickly if it was a live running lane on a smart motorway," she said.
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