Iain Knight

Apollo Vehicle Safety limited

In London, around two-thirds of those killed in collisions involving a bus are pedestrians and most of these are killed crossing the road. The time between the pedestrian first being recognisable as a threat and the moment of impact is usually less than 2 seconds. Human drivers have very limited opportunity to avoid the collision. Automated Emergen...

In the European Union in 2013 around 4,000 people were killed in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in excess of 3.5 tonnes. Just under half of those killed were car occupants. Head on crashes between cars and trucks are a very severe type of crash involving high relative speeds (50% >130 km/h) and a high risk of fatality (10% of all s...

It is well known that most accidents with pedestrians are caused by the driver not being alert or misinterpreting the situation. For that reason advanced forward looking safety systems have a high potential to improve safety for this group of vulnerable road users. Active pedestrian protection systems combine reduction of impact speed by driver war...

In 2002, light commercial vehicles (LCV) with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) less than 3500kg accounted for 11.3% of motorised road traffic (in terms of billion vehicle kilometres travelled) in the UK, a steady increase from 10.0% in 1992. The UK Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned TRL to carry out the Heavy Vehicle Crash Injury Study (HVCIS)...

Larger vehicles, such as goods vehicles with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 3500kg or passenger vehicles with more than 16 seats, are involved in fewer accidents per billion vehicle kilometers travelled than passenger cars. However, these larger, heavier vehicles are involved in more fatal accidents per billion vehicle kilometers than passenge...