During their careers, our Consultants have each published a variety of material within the research literature (all of which is recognised as the work of the individual, not TCRI Ltd.):

Peter Jennings

Published Papers

  • Application Of The Calspan Crash Program Under European Conditions.  Jennings, P & Staughton, G.  IRCOBI Conference 1978
  • Development And Evaluation Of The CRASH2 Program For Use Under European Conditions.  Jones, I &  Pennings, P.  IRCOBI Conference 1980 and SAE Paper 810473, 1980.
  • Swerves And Lane Changes.  Jennings, P. Impact Vol 1 Number 1, 1990.
  • Is The Sliding Coefficient Of Friction Of Tyres Speed Dependent?  Manderson, J & Jennings, P.  Impact Vol 2 Number 2, 1992.
  • Articulated Vehicle Braking (I Braked But Couldn’t Stop).  Jennings, P.  Impact Vol 2 Number 2, 1992.
  • Brakes Legislation And Accident Investigation.  Jennings, P.  ITAI Conference 1997.
  • Methods For Assessing Vehicle Speeds From Impact Damage.  Jennings, P.  ITAI Symposium 1998
  • Scrim Data: An Overview.  Jennings, P. Impact Vol 7 Number 2, 1998.
  • New And Improved Accident Reconstruction Techniques For Modern Vehicles Equipped With ESC Systems.  Lambourn, R, Jennings, P, Knight, I & Brightman, T.  TRL Paper PPR223, 2007.

David Hague

Published Papers

  • Comparison of current skid testing techniques. Hague, D. et al. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 1995.
  • Low rolling resistance tyres. Hague, D. Impact Summer 1996 Vol. 5 No 2. pp36-37
  • The accuracy of speeds calculated from critical speed marks, and their striations. Hague, D et al. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 1997.
  • The generation of tyre marks by cornering vehicles. Hague, D. et al. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 1997.
  • Determination of a car’s speed at the start of emergency braking. Hague, D. & Lambourn, R. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 1999
  • Calculation of impact speed from pedestrian slide distance. Hague, D. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 2001.
  • Determination of vehicle speed and traffic signal phasing from CCTV images. Hague, D et al. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 2003
  • Frontal pole impacts – calculation of impact speed. Disbury, D & Hague, D. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 2003.
  • Calculation of speed from motorcycle slide marks. Hague, D. Impact Spring 2004. Vol. 13 No 1. pp 10-16.
  • Frontal generic stiffness coefficients and CRASH3 analysis. Hague, D. Proceedings of ITAI Conference 2005.

Further (unpublished) research and development includes:

  • Development of specialist timing equipment and detailed analysis for calculation of vehicle speeds in digital CCTV footage
  • Validity and accuracy of vehicle speeds and distances calculated from digital tachograph data
  • Update of CRASH3 rear stiffness coefficients for improved calculation of speed in vehicle/vehicle impacts

Gary Coley

Published papers

  • Developing the Research Applications for High-Resolution Real-World Collision Data. Coley G et al, (2010) TRL Published Report 487
  • Validation Studies of the Human Vehicle Environment (HVE) Program Simulation Model Non-Linear (SIMON). Parry DI, Marsh F and Coley G, ITAI 7th International Conference
  • Modelling of real world pedestrian accidents. Coley G (2004) PHD Thesis, School of Engineering, Birmingham
  • A passive safety gap analysis of real world accident data. Coley G et al (2004), International Crashworthiness Conference, San Francisco
  • Pedestrian injuries: effects of impact speed and contact stiffness. Neal-Sturgess CE, Coley G and De Oliveira P, IMechE Vehicle Safety (2002)
  • Pedestrian human body validation using detailed real world accidents. Coley G et al, International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact, pp 89-102