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Posted By Peter Younger
does anyone have any experience or knowledge with regards to carnival floats to be used on public highways. Are there any guidance with regards to suitability, containment of people ages of participants (all of the above)
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Posted By Stephen Hughes
Peter,
Here is a link that you may find to be of interest. You may have already heard of this incident involving a member of a brass band falling from a float in York and being left paralysed. A recent University parade of floats was cancelled due to safety concerns. I am unsure of the legislation affecting such activiites but reading this would certainly advocate a better form of barrier on future floats than strung rope.
http://www.thisisyork.co...york_news_local26ZM.html
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Posted By Martin Gray
If I remember rightly the regulations that cover carnival floats are the Construction and Use Regulations 1986 which require a vehicle to be fit and proper for use. i.e. if you are using a goods vehicle as a carnival float to carry people there must be protection to prevent them alighting from the vehicle in a dangerous manner.
The owner of the vehicle and the driver could also be prosecuted if an accident occurs.
We had an accident involving a student rag procession in which a student was seriously injured when he fell under the trailer wheels whilst trying to get off the side of the trailer whilst it was in motion. CPS did not prosecute but the Students Union no longer use vehicles for their RAG procession.
Avon & Somerset Police have done a lot of work involving carnival floats you could try contacting them.
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Posted By John Donaldson
Although I can not point you at any guidance the case below which was published on the Safety News Web Site, http://www.safetynews.co.uk/ shows the consequences of getting it wrong
Musician who fell from float gets £600,000 out of court settlement.
Roy Gill, 66, a former railway engineer and musician with York Railway Institute Golden Rail Band, now requires a wheelchair for mobility following spinal injuries he sustained in an accident during the June 1999 Lord Mayor's Parade.
He was sitting on a chair on a float when it braked and toppled him to the ground. Mr Gill is now partially paralysed and took a case to the High Court to establish liability for his loss.
Settled
After more than two years of legalities, the insurance companies for the defendants, the driver of the float and its owners, House of James Transport, settled out of court at £600,000.
Mr Gill's legal representative, Samantha Travis, said: "This case raises wider issues for anyone taking part in a parade and it is essential safety is put to the top of the agenda when organisations are planning these events. The defendants have fought this case all the way and it has taken far too long for this family to get the justice they deserve."
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