Council due in court over Cambridgeshire guided busway deaths
The council has apologised for its part in what happened
A council is due to appear in court today following the deaths of three people on the guided busway.
In May 2023, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced it would intend to bring legal proceedings against Cambridgeshire County Council following an investigation, before they officially began a year later.
Jennifer Taylor, Steve Moir and Kathleen Pitts all died in collisions with buses on Cambridgeshire's busway between 2015 and 2021.
Jennifer, 81, and her husband, who was not injured, were walking along the busway road when she was struck by a bus in 2015.
Steve Moir, 50, a cyclist, died after colliding with a bus on the section of the busway between Cambridge railway station and Long Road on September 13, 2018.
Kathleen Pitts, 52, who was on foot, died after being hit by a bus on the section of the busway, also between Cambridge railway station and Long Road on October 26, 2021.
A fourth person, a teenage cyclist, was seriously injured when he collided with a bus in the guided section of the busway parallel to Kings Hedges Road on November 9, 2021.
In September, Dr Stephen Moir, the council's chief executive said the authority is "truly sorry" for what happened on the busway and said it "fell far short" of meeting health and safety at work standards.
Sentencing for a later date is due to be decided at Cambridge Crown Court.