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BULLETIN NEWS
SAFETY: Statistics on wheel loss
Wheel-loss stats The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has published an analysis of surveys by the Association of Chief Police Officers and the Vehicle Inspectorate into the incidence of wheel-loss from commercial vehicles: • Over a three-month period, ACP° reported 92 cases of wheel-loss--35 of which led accidents. Four of these accidents caused injuries.
• Over a two-month period, the VI survey reported seven cases of wheel-loss.
Copies of these findings are available free from the DETR, Vehicle Standards and Engineering, 2/02 Great Minster House, 76 Marsh= Street, London SW1P 4DR.
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Trends on the road The DETR has published Transport Trends, which looks at car travel and road freight over the past 20 years. Copies are available, priced £29.50, from The Stationery Office, phone 0171 873 0011.