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HS-Schoch tested in the previous weeks a prototype of a rear underride guard on the crash test facility in Münster. The primary development goal is to save lives. When a vehicle rear-end collides with a semi-trailer, with speeds over 40 km/h are the chances of survival for the vehicles occupants virtually next to none. The new rear underride guard from HS-Schoch offers significantly more protection in comparison to conventional systems. With this new system, minor injuries of the occupants in modern vehicles can be expected as a result of impact speeds of 65 km/h. This was confirmed through crash tests carried out at CTS. The rear underride guard was presented at this years’ IAA in Frankfurt. Details of this prototype including crash test videos can be found on the Homepage von HS-Schoch.

Construction work for a third test track on the crash test area of CTS is currently well underway. In particular within the accredited area of CTS, is therefore further flexibility in the crash test organisation possible. For this reason, as of February 2017, an additional acceleration track over 100m long will be available for crash tests (in particularly for traffic restraint systems).

Our 2nd Münsteraner Crashday and 5th expert seminar for accident reconstruction took place last Thursday and Friday. Participants were presented a wide range of current topics in accident reconstruction. We would like to sincerely thank all spokesmen. In addition, crash tests are always a special aspect to our seminars. These two seminars officially ended this year’s seminar season. Seminar dates for 2017 will be announced on our website within the coming weeks. We would also like to thank all participants for the confidence shown to us.

We would be delighted to welcome you here again at CTS in the coming year.

This year, CTS organises for the second time the Münsteraner Crash day. Taking place on the 22.09.16 is the practical seminar specially intended for the implementation of crash tests. Held on the following day (23.09.2016) at our crash facility will be the 5th seminar for accident reconstruction. This is aimed specifically at experts, insurers and employees in the area of analysis of road traffic accidents.

Detailed information can be found here.

We look forward to welcoming you!

There are currently around 70 new tests from Dynamic Test Center (CH) in our CTS-crash test database. DTC have reconstructed a large variety of different impulse and collision situations, which are now available for download.

We were pleased to welcome around 20 participants from the German Police University last Thursday during a company visit at our crash test facility here in Münster-Wolbeck. Besides a guided tour of our crash facility and a short presentation regarding the scope of work at CTS, the attendees had the opportunity to be present during a live crash test. 

The extension of the offices of Accidenta and crashtest-service is ready and the relocation work is now complete. Our team now have the use of more modern and multifunctional rooms. In addition to the new offices is also a further seminar room which provides capacity for up to 70 people. 

For this year’s expert seminar for accident reconstruction we welcomed around 120 participants here in Münster-Wolbeck. Judges, public prosecutors, official attorneys, road traffic specialist lawyers and police officers were provided with a widely diversified seminar programme with the key focus on administrative offences. The seminar, that took place now for the fifth time, was rounded off with a spectacular crash test.