Thatcham
and RAC Foundation applaud Concept Mouldings
Automotive manufacturers and specialists
Concept Mouldings have been applauded
for its revolutionary Endura Frontal
Protection System (www.endura-fps.co.uk)
which can make many vehicles safer in
the unfortunate event of front-end collisions
with pedestrians and cyclists.
“As a member of EuroNCAP, Thatcham
is a very strong supporter of pedestrian
safety initiatives. This innovative development
provides a significant improvement in
the pedestrian performance of Frontal
Protection Systems and Thatcham applauds
Concept Mouldings for their work in improving
pedestrian safety in this area” said
Andrew Miller, Director of Research,
Thatcham.
“Thatcham also encourages SUV/Pickup
manufacturers and other aftermarket suppliers
of these types of products to consider
pedestrian safety performance in the
future product development programmes”
Testing of the revolutionary new Endura
Frontal Protection System (FPS) has been
carried out at MIRA, one of Europe’s
leading vehicle design, development and
certification centres. The tests, which
are based on the latest EU directive,
showed that the Frontal Protection System
reduced the risk of head injuries from
over 98 per cent down to less than 2
per cent, and also substantially reduced
the risk of injuries to the upper leg,
abdomen and pelvis from 97 per cent down
to 11 per cent when fitted to large and
medium SUVs and also light commercial
vans. Concept Mouldings has tested and
improved in all three disciplines - Head,
Abdominal and Leg, and in every discipline
the risk of injury has been significantly
reduced.
 Pictured here is an effective diagram
displaying the types of injury incurred
by a pedestrian as an overall percentage
when involved in a front-end collision
with a vehicle. As you can see a massive
80 per cent of serious and fatal injuries
are head related, 19 per cent abdominal
and less than 1 per cent is leg.
Details of the results and information
on this development in pedestrian safety
are available at www.frontalprotectionsystems.eu .
The Endura FPS, which was launched at
the British International Motor Show,
has also been applauded from Kevin Delaney,
Head of Traffic and Road Safety Policy
from the RAC foundation.
“The results of the MIRA tests
make impressive reading, especially in
a manufacturing sector where the design,
shape, height and ridged frontal construction
of vehicles such as LGVs and SUVs does
not readily lend itself to pedestrian
protection following a collision”
~Ends~
For more information contact Selwyn
Rowley at LMMC on +44
(0)1926 611700 or email selwyn@lmmc.co.uk
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