12th May 2021 9:25 am 12th May 2021 9:32 am
Kieran Forinton and Jean-Philippe Lepretre at UTAC CERAM Millbrook lift the lid on safety testing in the automotive sector and explain how advancements in driver assistance technology are shaping the discipline.
Millbrook’s state of the art ServoSled being used to test motorsport racing seats. Image: UTAC CERAM Millbrook
We don’t think anyone could reasonably argue that cars aren’t safer today than they were 20, 10, or even five years ago. An enormous amount of R&D and financial investment goes into rigorously testing the safety of vehicles and automotive systems. If anything, the pace of progress is accelerating, and as a result drivers, passengers and other road users are safer than they’ve ever been on UK roads.