The literature showed that there are several other countries with similar differences in gender pass rates for components of the driving test, and outlined several key areas in which genders may ...

Driver fatigue and distraction are highly associated with increased risk of a collision, and especially serious collisions due to late or absent pre-crash braking response from the driver. This review ...

The Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions has funded a research project to collect information on the casualties who attended a national sample of hospitals for treatment following ...

TRL’s technical contribution to DRIVEN TRL provided review and assurance of the safety case for the on-road trials, building on knowledge gain from previous autonomous vehicle trials that has ...

The research gathered valuable insights into the complex landscape of automated passenger services and concludes that further work is needed to develop solutions for some important driver roles, ...

TRL is calling for further research into distracted driving to address fundamental flaws in existing legislation. This comes off the back of promising news that the Department for Transport (DfT) are ...

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) commissioned TRL to undertake a programme of research into the use of non-prescribed zebra crossings at side roads. A prescribed zebra crossing has black and ...

As the UK moves closer to a future where self-driving vehicles are part of everyday life, a unique report from the Transport Research Foundation (the parent company to TRL Ltd) and the Research ...

Glare on the roads is undesirable, as it can make drivers less able to see the road ahead. TRL is working with the Department for Transport to understand the factors that can cause glare, and how to ...

ElectroRoad is part of the ZERFT programme, comprising 20 projects focussed on helping the UK solve challenges around zero emission road freight. Delivering the ElectroRoad project is a consortium ...

Dr. Anthony Velazquez - Head of Environment and Decarbonisation at TRL, is interviewed by BSI for an update on his ideas on how to decarbonise transport.