Another month, another report published based on an investigation launched after a tragic accident. This time it is light trailers (750kg-3.5t, category O2), and a campaign following the death of toddler Freddie Hussey, killed after being hit by a small trailer that had detached from the back of a car (see p7). We last covered light trailer safety in January.Lack of data was an interesting similarity between this report,and the one covered in last month's issue about commercial vehicle tyres ('Known unknowns'). The authors struggle to understand what is going on, simply because few have studied light trailer accidents. That's not necessarily a bad thing; the whole point of new research is to increase the extent of human knowledge.
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