'Fatalities not down to bull bars'
10th August 1995, Page 10
10th August 1995
Page 10
Page 10, 10th August 1995
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• Bull bars are not dangerous and vehicles fitted with them are no more likely to be involved in a serious accident than other vehicles, claims a new association formed by bar manufacturers.
Set up in July to counter what it says is "an orchestrated campaign of
adverse and misleading publicity about bull bars", the Association of Protector Bar Manufacturers is to produce a code of practice and a seal of approval tor its nine members.
It has also published figures produced by half the police forces (291 in the UK. These show that just six people were involved in fatal accidents with vehicles fitted with bars, compared with 3,326 for all vehicles.
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