Artic accidents
15th November 1968, Page 27
15th November 1968
Page 27
Page 27, 15th November 1968
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• It has not been thought necessary to keep a separate record of accidents involving articulated vehicles, said Mr. Bob Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport in the Commons this week. All the indications were, he said, that they were not disproportionately numerous.
These accidents had a wide variety of causes but most of the road safety programme would contribute to preventing them.
Jack-knifing, "a cause in perhaps 10 per cent of accidents involving articulated vehicles", had been made less likely by Improvement in braking balance, went on Mr. Brown. The Ministry was carrying out trials with a number of devices intended further to reduce jack-knifing.