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Thatcham crash test lab - pictures

by: Auto Express team

12 May 2015

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.
Fully qualified Engineer Alex Thompson, one of just 11 Euro NCAP inspectors in Europe, gave us a tour of site facilities.
The Audi TT test was the first time Euro NCAP had used the dummy of a small female driver and a rear passenger.
Autonomous emergency braking goes under the spotlight.
The effect of a side-impact on a new Audi TT.
Another TT side-impact test result.
Thompson shows our man a crash pole and damage it did to a TT.
A smashed Audi TT windscreen.
Cars are taken apart and fixed by Thatcham, as it seeks best possible repair methods.
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.
Thatcham has various dummies to choose from for its tests.
Whiplash testing is carried out on Hyper G sled. There are only two in the world and they cost £1million each.