Safety Security

21 August 2009 #SMMT News

SMMT is supporting the Platform Technology for Military Vehicles event to be held on 2 and 3 December 2009 at the Bristol Marriott and has negotiated discount rates for SMMT members.

22 April 2009 #SMMT News

The proposed government strategy on road safety has been developed in light of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) policy document ‘Towards a Sustainable Transport System’ in 2007 and the related 2008 consultation ‘Delivering a Sustainable Transport System’.

18 February 2009 #SMMT News

On Wednesday, 18 February 2009, Euro NCAP launched its new car safety rating scheme in Brussels, Belgium. The new rating scheme will have one overall star rating per vehicle tested and will include an extra element focussing on safety assistance. This is the first update to the rating system since 1997.

27 June 2008 #SMMT News

SMMT response to DfT report

02 May 2008 #SMMT News

Paul Everitt gives evidence at the House of Commons

12 February 2008 #SMMT News

Latest crash mitigation systems unveiled

28 September 2007 #SMMT News

The European Commission has launched its Green Paper on urban mobility which looks at issues surrounding free-flowing and greener towns and cities, smarter urban mobility and an urban transport which is accessible, safe and secure for all European citizens.

11 May 2007 #SMMT News

Investment in car, van and truck safety has helped drive down road casualties.

25 April 2007 #SMMT News

At the launch of the UN Global Safety Week in the UK, Make Roads Safer Rally calls for UN ministerial to address “epidemic” of 1.2m road deaths and injuries worldwide every year.

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