Safety development at MIRA integrates the very best facilities to deliver the very best services across the automotive, rail, aerospace and military sectors.
With an indoor crash lab, an external crash site, HyGe sled, gravity sled, pedestrian impact rigs, numerous component testing rigs and a comprehensive suite of computer simulation tools, MIRA's safety development team has everything in one location. Moreover, we continually invest to deliver to the changing demands of industry and as a result continually increase and develop our capabilities, with recent introductions being the capability to develop and test safety systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. With all this capability in one location, each project and each customer has access to an unrivalled wealth of knowledge and equipment.
The safety development department provides every facet needed in developing vehicles and its associated sub-systems, from bespoke design for unique test pieces to routine testing of global legislative standards to safety integration programmes delivering turnkey vehicle safety solutions. All this is possible through continual investment and dedicated staff with hundreds of years of combined experience in vehicle safety across all sectors.
MIRA provides full passive safety integration and vehicle crash development for ICE, electric and hybrid vehicles.
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MIRA use CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) to successfully help customers simulate legislative and in house requirements for prototypes and to develop solutions to improve and optimise their products’ performance.
MIRA is the only UK test laboratory to offer the complete range of services for passively safe support structures for road equipment.
MIRA is the only UK test laboratory to offer the complete range of roadside restraint services, including product development, testing and CE marking.
MIRA is the only UK test laboratory to offer the complete range of security barrier impact tests. We can conduct vehicle impact testing to many international standards.
Over 50 years of involvement in crash testing research and development has enabled MIRA to become a centre of excellence in safety development. Working with customers from all around the world we are able to deliver all types of crash testing and supporting services to meet and certify to Euro NCAP, European, U.S and other worldwide safety standards.
MIRA’s external crash site is 30,000m2 in size with scope for extensive civil engineering installations. The crash site gives MIRA the ability to test high energy impacts or tests that cannot be carried out within an enclosed crash laboratory environment.
Alongside MIRA’s dynamic and durability test facilities our Body Structures Laboratory conducts testing for all aspects of safety and development for vehicle seating.
MIRA Dummy Certification Facility offers a full range of services for Anthropomorphic Test devices. Apart from maintaining and calibrating MIRA’s fleet of over 40 crash test dummies, in support of the crash laboratory, HyGe laboratory and HAVOC open air crash facility, dummy certification maintains and calibrates, plus hires out crash test dummies for many external test facilities and organisations.
The HyGe sled facility is a key part of MIRA’s safety offering. It provides safety related testing services to numerous worldwide customers across an ever increasing range of sectors.
MIRA’s pedestrian test capability has been continuously developed over 15 years to give a high-quality service and rapid turnaround. With experienced staff, a fully climate controlled laboratory, dedicated instrumentation and high-speed video equipment, it provides a complete service.