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Have you seen our new car safety pages? Find out how we're going to be revealing Britain's Safest Car www.thatcham.org/car-safety

Car Safety | Thatcham Research Stay safe and stop the crash with car safety technology advice and insight, brought to you by the specialists at Thatcham Research.

If you weren't watching Sky News over the weekend you may missed our expert showing Gemma Morris of tech show 'Swipe' how auto braking technology works. Catch up here http://youtu.be/2hid94vUh4M

SWIPE | Will Driverless Cars Mean The End Of Human Motorists? In this week's Swipe, Stuart Duggan checks on the progress of the push to get driverless cars onto our roads. Gemma Morris drives at an inflatable vehicle, p...

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The prospects for pedestrians and cyclists are improving as latest Euro NCAP results show that vehicle manufacturers are future proofing safety using camera technology http://bit.ly/1QgG3ze

Future Proofing Vehicle Safety Technology to Focus on Vulnerable Road Users As Euro NCAP release their last vehicle safety ratings for 2015, Thatcham Research believes that the prospects for “vulnerable road users” such as pedestrians and cyclists are …

We're backing calls to make ESC mandatory in Brazil as the partnership kicks off a new global safety campaign http://bit.ly/1HXjKxs

Thatcham Research Supports Calls for Worldwide Mandatory Fitment of ESC As the “Stop the Crash Partnership” kicked off a new worldwide vehicle safety campaign by calling on the Brazilian government to mandate Electronic Stability Control (ESC), …

Congratulations to our own Mike Briggs who this week was recognised by CITS for his outstanding contribution to fighting vehicle theft in the construction and agricultural sectors

Come and talk to our experts about Cyber Security and semi- autonomous safety technology http://www.driverlesstechevent.com/ on 23rd November

Driverless Technology Conference and Exhibition 2015 23rd November 2015 ILEC Conference Centre, Driverless Technology Conference & Exhibition 2015, For all things autonomous in the UK and global automotive sector

Hacked off. Thatcham turn attentions to future car crime as part of Cyber Security Consortium for Connected Vehicles http://bit.ly/1MTJy9V

Global NCAP with a group of key corporate partners, including Thatcham Research, is launching a new four year global campaign to promote awareness of leading crash avoidance technologies in the major emerging automobile markets.

Global NCAP launch Stop The Crash Campaign Global NCAP with a group of key corporate partners including Thatcham have launched new four year campaign to promote awareness of leading crash avoidance technologies in the major …

Communications step-change as Thatcham announce new Head of Comms http://bit.ly/1NX4qB7

Communications Step-Change for Thatcham Research Thatcham Research, the automotive research centre, has made a significant step change in its B2C communications with the appointment of James Smith to the newly created Head of …

Congratulations to Nicholaus Owen of Solus ARC on winning the ThatchamBodyshop Magazine Panel Technician of the Year 2015.

Congratulations to Fran Barker of John Macadam & Son ARC in Colne. The ThatchamBodyshop Magazine Craft Awards Paint Technician of the Year 2015

We're hosting the RCAR (Research Council for Automobile Repair) conference at the Welcome Hotel, Stratford-Upon-Avon, this week. We will be welcoming up to 40 guests and their partners from like minded automotive research centres around the world for the week long conference.

Thatcham calls on vehicle manufacturers in Europe to match their USA commitment to fit autonomous emergency braking (AEB) as standard on all new cars. http://bit.ly/1Yj2R5p

Thatcham Challenges EU Car Makers to Match USA Crash Avoidance Pledge Leading insurance-owned research body, Thatcham Research, is calling on 10 vehicle manufacturers in Europe to match their USA commitment to fit autonomous emergency braking (AEB) …

Choose Auto Braking on your next car. www.thatcham.org/aeb

Standard fit Auto Braking? It's happened in the USA http://ht.ly/S9ryQ - Now lets make it happen in Europe

Automakers pledge to make automatic braking standard RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — Ten major vehicle manufacturers have committed to making automatic emergency braking (AEB) a standard feature on all new vehicles built, the U.S. Department of Transportation, its National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safe…

We predict an additional 27,000 new cars with standard fit Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) to hit UK roads this September, making the total over 600,000 http://bit.ly/1Nd23cV

New Car Reg to Bring Record-Breaking Safety to UK Roads The number of new car registered this month looks set to continue an upward trend with record sales, based on figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) – a …

Our Saudi Arabian visitors meet senior staff in our Repair Technology Centre

East Meets West for Repair Expertise http://bit.ly/1IZ0PR4 as Middle East delegation arrive at Thatcham looking to bring improved crash repair standards to Saudi Arabia

East Meets West for Repair Expertise Thatcham Research hosted a visit from a high profile Saudi Arabian delegation last week, as the group embark on a partnership to bring improved standards in vehicle assessment and …

An early shout for next year's Make sure 16th June 2016 is in your diary for more of this https://youtu.be/u6jadTVNPTs at our place.

Repair Focus 2015 A look back at the 2015 Repair Focus event at Thatcham Research. Thanks to all who came and once again made this event the highlight of the automotive repair...

Self-driving SMASH - Making the case for AEB. Watch Google's autonomous car get rear-ended http://dailym.ai/1Mx6ixC

A self-driving SMASH: Watch Google's autonomous car get rear-ended The footage of the car's data shows a self driving Lexus (in grey) stopping at a red light at a junction in Mountain View near the firm's HQ - then being rear ended by the car behind at 17mph.

Another week...another event. This week we will be hosting the Vehicle Damage Assessor of the Year competition. Good luck all.

Congratulations to all of the graduating apprentices at Thatcham's Repair Focus event last week. The future is bright...

Our exhibitors helped us raise £6,000 for the BEN Motor Charity at Repair Focus last week. Fantastic effort - Thank you!

Looking forward to Repair Focus tomorrow? Come and join your industry colleagues and find out what's new in the world of crash repair www.thatcham.org/repairfocus

Repair Focus 2015 Repair Focus offers body repair professionals, product suppliers, technicians, insurers and anyone interested in the repair of modern vehicles, the opportunity to get acquainted …

Auto Braking 'magic wand' say as fleets urged to adopt AEB after reveals 38% reduction in crashes http://tinyurl.com/pxlrg8t

Fleets urged to adopt AEB as Euro NCAP reveals 38% reduction in crashes | Ageas UK Ageas UK is an award-winning provider of Personal and Commercial insurance solutions in the UK, employing over 5,500 people with offices based across the UK.

30 is the new 20 on vans. As of January 2016 the group rating system for LCVS will change from 20 to 30 groups. http://bit.ly/1QsJQ9T

30 is the new 20 on LCV Insurance Groupings The insurance group rating system for Light Commercial Vehicles is to be restructured for 2016, with an increase to 30 groups enabling improved differentiation between similar …

Volkswagen Golf driving down 3rd party personal injury claims by as much as 45% http://bit.ly/1PwkiNS

Golf Drives Down Personal Injury The mighty Volkswagen Golf – ever-popular, with 30 million bought since its arrival on the road more than 40 years ago – is breaking records for its auto-emergency braking system, …

We're at the WBTC (West Berkshire Training Consortium) apprentice awards this afternoon when we'll present the award to the Medium Employer of the Year.

The truck that stops itself. Autoexpress wowed by the HGV auto-braking at 50 mph at our recent event http://bit.ly/1ycuSSy

Video: we test the truck that stops itself We put Autonomous Emergency Braking to the test at 50mph in a 44-tonne HGV