Below are a selection of images of other types of failures. Please hover over each image for a pop-up description, click each image to see larger and in full with a description.
Alma bridge underpass (‘tunnel’) in which Princess Diana died in 1997
Unprotected pillar which the Mercedes collided with
The Mercedes at the scene of the accident
The same car when brought to the UK for examination
The front footwell area of the Mercedes
The front right seat, deformed by Diana (unbelted) having struck it
Derailed Plymouth express train at a level crossing at Ufton Nervet (Berkshire) in 2004
ome of the damage
Some of the damage
David Price making a preliminary assessment of the Mazda 323 at the scene
The remains if the car in TRL’s laboratory
Selby Great Heck) Rail Crash’ derailment of an East Coast express train in 2000 by a Land Rover which veered off the motorway
Extensive damage to the Land Rover after having been struck by the train
ATV (‘quad-bike’) with defective suspension which came off a mountain track in Morocco
A similar accident in Iceland except the ATV had two defective tyres
Defective 5th wheel coupling, where the inadequately coupled trailer detached
The trailer’s kingpin had only rested on the jaw of the coupling, not been automatically locked into it
The aftermath of a wheel detachment from a lorry
Another wheel detachment, where the wheel bounced across the motorway and landed on the roof of an oncoming car
Wheel failure owing to the use of an incorrectly fitted wheel spacer
As Iraqi taxi struck by an Army Land Rover whilst travelling along a major road
David Price assessing a bus in which a passenger’s hand was trapped when the bus drove off