Halford Commercial Fleet Services fined £600,000 after roadside tyre fitter’s death
Halford Commercial Fleet Services Limited was fined £600,000 at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on 3 November 2026 after Niall Fawcett died during a roadside tyre repair. HSE identified failures in risk assessment, work instructions, monitoring and supervision.
Halford Commercial Fleet Services Limited was fined £600,000 at Warrington Magistrates’ Court on 3 November 2026 following the death of employee Niall Fawcett during a roadside tyre repair. The company pleaded guilty to breaching section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. It was also ordered to pay £24,203 in costs and a £200 victim surcharge. HSE published its account on 4 November 2026. The sentencing date and publication date are distinct, and neither should be confused with the fatal incident in August 2024.
Mr Fawcett was 21. On 2 August 2024 he attended a low-profile truck with a blown-out tyre on the slip road at junction 7 of the M56 near Bowdon in Cheshire. HSE reported that, while he was beneath the truck, it was understood to have slipped from the bottle jack being used to raise it and landed on him. He sustained fatal head injuries. The qualified wording concerning the truck’s movement should be retained: the regulator’s published account does not supply a detailed engineering reconstruction of every stage of the incident.