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Thatcham crash test lab - pictures

Thatcham studies crashes, rates alarms and sets insurance groups to help cut drivers’ costs. We find out how

by: Auto Express team
11 May 2021
Go to: Thatcham approved devices and crash tests explained
  • Joe Finnerty in Hyper G sled

    Reporter Joe Finnerty gets strapped into the Hyper G sled, which accelerates from 0-10mph in just a tenth of a second to simulate a low-speed crash.

  • Cars are taken apart and fixed by Thatcham, as it seeks best possible repair methods.

  • Crash dummy

    Reporter Joe Finnerty was so eager to get the scoop from the testers he sat down with the first person he saw. Perhaps he should have gone to the opticians first.

  • Hyper G sled

    Whiplash testing is carried out on Hyper G sled. There are only two in the world and they cost £1million each.

  • Thatcham - smashed windscreen

    A smashed Audi TT windscreen.

  • Audi TT Euro NCAP - white

    The Audi TT test was the first time Euro NCAP had used the dummy of a small female driver and a rear passenger.

  • Euro NCAP - white TT side impact

    The effect of a side-impact on a new Audi TT.

  • Euro NCAP - black TT side impact

    Another TT side-impact test result.

  • Crash pole damage

    Thompson shows our man a crash pole and damage it did to a TT.

  • Autonomous emergency braking test

    Autonomous emergency braking goes under the spotlight.

  • Child crash dummy

    Thatcham has various dummies to choose from for its tests.

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