Evidence for Vehicles

Contributory Factors to Reported Road Accidents 2012 (in Reported Road Casualties Great Britain 2012)

Analysis of contributory factors assigned to reported road accidents by police officers attending the accident scenes.

Author(s): Department for Transport

Published: Department for Transport, 2013
Date: 02 Jun 2014
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Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium

Computer modelling, laboratory testing of prototype hardware and field trials of instrumented vehicles

Author(s): Professor David Cebon

Published: University of Cambridge (Accessed 09/01/2014)
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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A study of the implementation of Directive 2007/38/EC on the retrofitting of blind spot mirrors to HGVs

Literature review, questionnaire survey and analysis of accident and casualty data

Author(s): Knight, I.

Published: TRL Published project report. TRL (PPR588), 2011
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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The risk of bridge strikes: Bridge strikes continue to be a significant risk to railway safety

Analysis of bridge strikes

Author(s): Network Rail

Published: Network Rail (accessed 05/05/17)
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Cost benefit analysis on blind spot mirrors - final report

A literature review

Author(s): Tim O'Brien

Published: Jacobs consultancy, Issue No. 2, 2004
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Integrated safety guards and spray suppression – final summary report

Assessment of the benefits of integrating front, side and rear underrun protection

Author(s): Knight, I., Dodd, M., Bowes, D., Donaldson W. et al

Published: TRL published project report (PPR075), 2005
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Commercial vehicle safety priorities - Ranking of future priorities in the UK based on detailed data from 2006-2008

Cost-benefit analysis of potential safety measures

Author(s): Robinson T. and Chislett, W.

Published: TRL published project report (PPR486), 2010
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Sideguards on heavy goods vehicles: assessing the effects on pedal cyclists injured by trucks overtaking or turning left

Assessment of likely effectiveness of sideguards in mitigating pedal cycle casualties in London and in GB as a whole.

Author(s): Cookson, R. and Knight, I.

Published: TRL published project report (PPR514), 2010
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Investigating the real-world effectiveness of introducing mandatory fitment of front underrun protection to heavy goods vehicles

A study to assess the effectiveness of front underrun protection on HGVS and its interaction with cars

Author(s): Chislett, W. and Robinson, T. L.

Published: TRL published project report (PPR515), 2010
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Rear underrun protection for heavy goods vehicles: the potential effects of changes to the minimum technical requirements

A study to assess the effectiveness of rear underrun protection on HGVS and its interaction with cars

Author(s): Minton, R. and Robinson, T.

Published: TRL published project report (PPR517), 2010
Date: 15 Mar 2014
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Road Safety Observatory

Vehicles

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