Transport Research Laboratory

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The Transport Research Laboratory (TRL) is one of the world’s leading transportation consultancies.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} Originally established in 1933 by the UK Government as the Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL), it quickly developed considerable expertise across a wide range of vehicle and infrastructure issues. Over more than seventy years, it has had a considerable influence on the roads and vehicles around us in the UK and, increasingly, throughout Europe and the world.

In 1996 as part of the then-Government’s privatisation policy, TRL became a fully independent company able to develop a global commercial business. Today, TRL works across the spectrum of transport and vehicle sectors with both public sector and commercial customers.

To maintain its impartiality, TRL is owned by the Transport Research Foundation (TRF), a non-profit distributing foundation overseen by 80 sector members from the transport industry. Profits from TRL are invested in its own research programmes selected by the TRF to enhance knowledge in critical areas such as safety, environmental impact and sustainable development.

TRL has many research projects in progress including new ways of spotting road edge deterioration to increase the life of roads and exploring how ESP will impact the way we investigate road accidents. Previous self-funded programmes have included a computer model of the heart that has provided an invaluable insight into how this critical organ behaves in high deceleration impacts such as those found in motorsport and high-speed highway accidents, and the development of many other tools that are now helping to provide a more detailed insight into occupant kinematics.

The latest stage in TRL’s development is the opening of a new £40million Research Centre at its high-security technical facility in Crowthorne, UK. Combining many of the facilities previously distributed across the site, together with a range of new facilities, the new administration and laboratory complex provides a modern home for one of the world’s leading transport research organisations.

External links

[Transport Research Laboratory Official Website]
[Google Maps satellite view of TRL]

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