High Visibility Jackets / Vests

If only the driver could have seen the unintended pedestrian.

If only?

Former Scotland Yard Fraud Squad detective Tom Craig was left asking many questions after he lost his close friend on a dark Autumn night in 2002.

The victim had survived his car skidding off the road, only to be knocked down when he scrambled back onto the unlit road. He was killed instantly. The driver told police he could not see the pedestrian.

Tom's friend had become another shocking statistic...one of 3,409 people killed each year on British roads.

Tom knew that to be safe, you had to be seen. He wanted to help prevent such needless deaths.

How?

After much analysis and investigation, Tom and his team of experts have produced a strategy and emergency high visibility fluorescent jackets, called ICU-UCMeT. It has been extensively road tested and meets all the requirements of BS EN471:1994 standards. The initiative and product has the full support of 3M ScotchliteT.

When you and your passengers have evacuated the car. Remember wear your ICU-UCMeT garment.

Statistics and Extracts from Accident Reports.

Figures for Deaths and Injuries in Road Traffic Accidents on British Roads. 2000

• Deaths. 3,409
• Serious injuries 38,000
• Slight Injuries 278,500
• Total 319,909

Breakdowns

Motorway break downs in excess of 260,000 each year
Over all more than 20,000 breakdowns occurred every day thus causing the vehicle occupants to be put at risk, being outside their vehicle and vulnerable to other road users.

Extracts from Accident Reports 2003

M25 Surrey, May, pouring rain, vehicle involved in minor accident in fast lane of motorway. The four young occupants clamber from the car hoping to flag down oncoming cars to prevent pile-up. But three of them were struck by a car whose driver failed to see them in time. The fourth girl survived because she had returned to the car to use her mobile phone to call assistance.

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