By law, individuals or organisations who receive Prevention of Future Deaths reports must respond to the coroner within 56 days of the date of the report, outlining actions taken or proposed to prevent future deaths. However, no one monitors this.
The Preventable Deaths Tracker is the only source of statistics on responses to coroners’ PFDs, and it tracks who has and has not responded to the coroner (i.e. breaking the law).
Percentage of reports with all responses
The good news
- 44% of PFDs have all expected responses (i.e. completed)
- 2% of PFDs are within 56 days of the report being issued so responses are not yet due (i.e. pending)
The bad news
- 25% are overdue with no responses published.
- 12% have received some but not all expected responses (i.e. partial)
The data issues
- 17% have no recipients listed on the Judiciary website so this information cannot be collected or analysed (i.e. no data).
Trends in responses over time
Hover over each bar to get exact figures.
Explore the Tracker
Cite the Tracker
Richards, GC. 2024. The Preventable Deaths Tracker. https://preventabledeathstracker.net/