This deliverable describes the background and practical issues relevant to the real world investigation into road vehicle accident rates and accidents within the SAMOVAR project. This investigation involved the fitment of a range of types of data recording devices to a large number of vehicles being used by a wide range of operators. This interim report has been prepared to describe the issues raised in establishing a multi-user field trial and details how procedural and operational difficulties were identified, analysed and resolved. These difficulties were not initially predictable. However, the experience gained by the consortium about the operational pressures under which any vehicle fleet operates are relevant to all trial related projects and are therefore described here.
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