ON-THE-SPOT investigations into what causes road accidents are to be
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carried out by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory in parts of southern England.
Scientists will be working from a specially prepared vehicle alongside police at the scenes of accidents, and trying to establish speeds, the behaviour of the drivers and the severity of injuries.
Defects
TRRL teams will be told of accidents by area police in parts of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey for a two-year period. Some time after the accidents, drivers and pedestrians involved will be interviewed by the scientists in an effort to find out how the accidents happen. The information will be confidential and could not be linked with any person.
It is hoped that road defects that link with driver errors will be found so that they can be remedied and the design features noted.