diff --git a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
index 01c961a..2221983 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/app/incidents/[id]/page.tsx
@@ -13,22 +13,12 @@ import { SeverityMark } from "@/components/marks/SeverityMark";
 import { isKnownSeverity } from "@/lib/severity";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/Button";
 import { MachineOutputNotice } from "@/components/ui/MachineOutputNotice";
-import type { CallRecord } from "@/lib/types";
+import { MAY_BE_MERGED_KM, pathStops, stopNumbers } from "@/lib/liveWall";
 
 const MapView = dynamic(() => import("@/components/MapView"), { ssr: false });
 
 const EARLIER_PAGE_SIZE = 8;
 
-function haversineKm(a: { lat: number; lng: number }, b: { lat: number; lng: number }): number {
-  const R = 6371;
-  const dLat = ((b.lat - a.lat) * Math.PI) / 180;
-  const dLng = ((b.lng - a.lng) * Math.PI) / 180;
-  const s =
-    Math.sin(dLat / 2) ** 2 +
-    Math.cos((a.lat * Math.PI) / 180) * Math.cos((b.lat * Math.PI) / 180) * Math.sin(dLng / 2) ** 2;
-  return R * 2 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(s), Math.sqrt(1 - s));
-}
-
 function elapsedLabel(startedAt: string, active: boolean, updatedAt: string): string {
   const start = new Date(startedAt).getTime();
   const end = active ? Date.now() : new Date(updatedAt).getTime();
@@ -51,29 +41,12 @@ export default function IncidentDetailPage() {
   const [resolving, setResolving] = useState(false);
   const [earlierShown, setEarlierShown] = useState(EARLIER_PAGE_SIZE);
 
-  // Same ordering/filtering MapView's IncidentPathLayer uses, so the stop
-  // number shown on a spine entry matches the number on its map marker.
-  const geocodedCalls = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      calls
-        .filter((c): c is CallRecord & { location_coords: { lat: number; lng: number } } => !!c.location_coords)
-        .slice()
-        .sort((a, b) => a.started_at.localeCompare(b.started_at)),
-    [calls]
-  );
-  const stopNumberByCallId = useMemo(() => {
-    const m = new Map<string, number>();
-    geocodedCalls.forEach((c, i) => m.set(c.call_id, i + 1));
-    return m;
-  }, [geocodedCalls]);
-
-  const pathLengthKm = useMemo(() => {
-    let total = 0;
-    for (let i = 1; i < geocodedCalls.length; i++) {
-      total += haversineKm(geocodedCalls[i - 1].location_coords!, geocodedCalls[i].location_coords!);
-    }
-    return total;
-  }, [geocodedCalls]);
+  // Stop numbers and path length come from the same liveWall.pathStops() the
+  // map's IncidentPathLayer draws from (server-26#236), so the spine numbers
+  // exactly what the map numbers: only a movement incident (police/accident
+  // with a pursuit tag) is numbered, and an impossible-speed stop never is.
+  const path = useMemo(() => (incident ? pathStops(incident, calls) : null), [incident, calls]);
+  const stopNumberByCallId = useMemo(() => (path ? stopNumbers(path) : new Map<string, number>()), [path]);
 
   const newestFirst = useMemo(
     () => calls.slice().sort((a, b) => b.started_at.localeCompare(a.started_at)),
@@ -130,7 +103,12 @@ export default function IncidentDetailPage() {
           </h1>
           <p className="text-xs text-ink-muted font-mono">
             {elapsedLabel(incident.started_at, active, incident.updated_at)} elapsed
-            {pathLengthKm > 0 && <> · {pathLengthKm.toFixed(1)} km path</>}
+            {path?.movement && path.lengthKm > 0 && <> · {path.lengthKm.toFixed(1)} km path</>}
+            {path?.mayBeMerged && (
+              <span title={`The calls' locations span ${path.lengthKm.toFixed(0)} km (over ${MAY_BE_MERGED_KM} km) — this may be more than one event`}>
+                {" · "}may be merged
+              </span>
+            )}
             {" · "}{incident.call_ids.length} call{incident.call_ids.length !== 1 ? "s" : ""}
           </p>
         </div>
diff --git a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
index f0d7696..aae37ee 100644
--- a/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
+++ b/drb-frontend/components/MapView.tsx
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ export default function MapView({
             <div key={p} className="flex items-center gap-2">
               <span style={{ width: 16, height: 20, display: "inline-flex", justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" }}
                 dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: teardropSvg(null, "major", p).replace('width="32" height="48"', 'width="13" height="20"') }} />
-              <span className="text-ink-2">{p === "rooftop" ? "Street address" : p === "interpolated" ? "Interpolated" : p === "centre" ? "Road/place centre ≈" : "Unverified (older)"}</span>
+              <span className="text-ink-2">{p === "rooftop" ? "Street address / not recorded" : p === "interpolated" ? "Interpolated" : p === "centre" ? "Road/place centre ≈" : "Unverified (older)"}</span>
             </div>
           ))}
         </div>