The use of cement bound material (CBM) roadbases in flexible composite pavements in the United Kingdom is limited by the reflective cracking that occurs due to thermal shrinkage. Inducing cracks ...

A disproportionate number of road accidents occur at night relative to the number of road trips completed during periods of darkness. Actively illuminated road studs offer greater visibility than ...

Reflecting on the past year, the impact of TRL’s mission is clear to see; it helps to take a different perspective in order to appreciate it. Let’s begin in space. The European Space Agency has funded ...

This study aimed to assess the impact of interacting with two infotainment systems, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, on four driver performance measures: reaction time, driving behaviour, eyes-off road ...

The over-representation of young novice drivers in road collisions is a public health risk in Great Britain (GB), and worldwide. The key contributory factors to this problem are known and are ...

Currently, during automated vehicle trials there are two personnel present within each test vehicle: the Safety Driver and the Test Assistant. This summary report presents recommendations on how to ...

As well as assisting with policy, and planning for road casualty reduction on local roads, TRL has a range of technical support services to deliver efficiencies when police are required to report on ...

The off-highway sector encompasses a broad range of industries including mining, quarrying, agriculture, construction, and ports and airports. Automated vehicle technology has become commonplace ...

The increasing size and power of construction plant and its potential to dissipate intrusive or possibly damaging levels of vibration into the environment, coupled with increasing attention being ...

Road surface roughness is an important measure of road condition. This report provides a detailed description of the Merlin (Machine for Evaluating Roughness using Low-cost INstrumentation) road ...

Roads in non-built-up areas account for only 9% of all cyclist casualties, but almost one half (45%) of all cyclist deaths. The reasons for this imbalance are examined, paying particular attention to ...

The report gives the findings of a study of accident risk based on a national stratified sample of 300 urban priority crossroads and staggered junctions on single carriageway roads (2917 personal ...