TRL 75 Years
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Celebrating 75 Years of Transport Innovation
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Roundabout Priority
Locked Roundabout, 1960
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Roundabout Priority
RRL roundabout experiment at Northolt Airport, 1955
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Roundabout Priority
RRL roundabout priority experiment at Gants Hill Illford in 1962
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History of TRL in Crowthorne
Track (banked bend) during construction, 1960
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History of TRL in Crowthorne
Crowthorne Site in 1962
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History of TRL in Crowthorne
Experiment on the Central Area, 1970
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History of TRL in Crowthorne
The offices and laboratories in 1972
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History of TRL in Crowthorne
Crowthorne House
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Dambusters
Instrumented model dam at RRL
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Dambusters
Model of Nant-y-Gro dam after destruction
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Dambusters
Nant-y-Gro test
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History of TRL 1933 - 2008
RRL Harmondsworth, near Heathrow (A4 in the foreground)
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History of TRL 1933 - 2008
Langley Hall, near Slough
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History of TRL 1933 - 2008
Main office building, Crowthorne 1964 - 2004
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History of TRL 1933 - 2008
Crowthorne House 2004 - Present
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History of the SCRIM Machine
Sideways-Force Coefficient Motorcycle and Sidecar
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History of the SCRIM Machine
Trailer used for high-speed measurements, 1938
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History of the SCRIM Machine
Citroen Sideways-Force Coefficient Car, 1955
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History of the SCRIM Machine
Prototype SCRIM, 1968
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History of the SCRIM Machine
TRL SCRIM in use, 2004
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Wartime Activites
Plastic armour fitted to a bulldozer
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Wartime Activities
Experimental attack on an anti-tank obstacle
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Wartime Activities
PBS being laid
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History of Zebra Crossings
Model pedestrian crossing
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History of Zebra Crossings
Zebra crossing being laid outside the Houses of Parliament, 1948
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History of Zebra Crossings
Crossing in Victoria Street, London. Laid using plastic material for the 1949 Pedestrian Crossing Week
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Frontal Impact Testing
Frontal impact test, 1961
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Frontal Impact Testing
Car-to-car impact test, 1975
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Frontal Impact Testing
Deformation in accident
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Frontal Impact Testing
Full-frontal impact test
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Frontal Impact Testing
Offset deformable barrier impact test
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Frontal Impact Testing
EuroNCAP test in TRL’s Impact Test Facility, 2000
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History of Motorcycle Safety
Testing motorcycle brakes, 1953
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History of Motorcycle Safety
Motorcycle braking test, 1965 (anti-locking de-activated)
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History of Motorcycle Safety
First Experimental Safety Motorcycle (ESM1), 1979(fitted with chest pad, leg protectors and anti-lock brakes)
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History of Motorcycle Safety
Motorcycle airbag development, 1995
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The Channel Tunnel Shuttles
Initial experiment, 1970
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The Channel Tunnel Shuttles
Channel tunnel shuttle rig, 1971
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The Channel Tunnel Shuttles
Loading simulated "double-deck" wagon, 1971
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The Channel Tunnel Shuttles
Interior of simulated "double-deck" wagon, 1971
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The Channel Tunnel Shuttles
Interior of simulated "single-deck" wagon, 1971
