Julian Whiting with the low hanging sign he hit his head on (Picture: SWNS)

A man who banged his head on a street sign is on a crusade to measure all the others in his hometown so others do not suffer the same fate.

Julian Whiting, 54, bumped his head three years ago when he was walking along Bullen Street, Battersea, with a friend.

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He said the collision with the low positioned sign left him dizzy, slightly concussed and in pain.

Since then he has taken it upon himself to measure as many of Wandsworth’s signs as possible as his wrangling with the authority rumbles on.


Mr Whiting is 6ft 4in (1.95metres) and the minimum height for a sign must be 2.1m from the ground. The offending sign that sparked his mission was 1.82m.

Julian Whiting measures the height of a street sign in his quest to identify low hanging signs (Picture: SWNS)

He was told by insurers the sunken sign was a result of localised flooding but Wandsworth Council said it had no record of any leak or report made to Thames Water.



Mr Whiting, a freelance business developer in construction told the Wandsworth Guardian his trust in the council had plumbed the depth.

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He said: ‘I want the council to apologise for treating me with utter contempt.

‘To sort all signs in the borough once and for all and make the borough safe, to compensate me for the time and energy I have wasted trying to resolve matters, and for the stress that this has caused me.’

‘Even today there are many signs in the borough below the legal limit.’

On September 7, 2014, Julian Whiting, 54, was walking with his friend along when he banged the top of his head (Picture: SWNS)

Persistent Mr Whiting lamented the time wasted on the matter by MPs, Thames Water, the Council for Water, OFWAT, Met Police, Health and Safety Executive, local ombudsman and Transport for London.

Wandsworth Council has been contacted for comment.

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