Emergency vehicle lighting

Anthony MatsellRoad safety

Emergency vehicles travel at high speeds when responding to an incident and so must be easily detectable by other road users to ensure that a collision does not occur. Lighting on emergency vehicles is one way this is achieved. On behalf of the Home Office, User Perspective conducted research on the effectiveness of emergency vehicle lighting using a number of … Read More

Road safety interventions following a collision

Anthony MatsellRoad safety

A local police and road safety partnership was interested in approaching driver training interventions for the public from a new perspective, due to challenges experienced in their current strategy. The main issue was that such interventions could largely only target drivers if they had committed an offence that had directly led to a road traffic incident. Using the accepted premise … Read More

Expertise for road traffic incidents

Anthony MatsellIncident investigation, Road safety

Very often, a number of factors come together to contribute to a road traffic incident. Some of these may be immediately obvious, but there are often times when it is difficult to determine the most likely cause of a collision. User Perspective has provided human factors insight and expertise to both police and solicitors on a considerable number of cases, … Read More