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Advanced MinibusesAdvanced miniBus are specialist manufacturers for after market minibus conversions. Whether you are looking for a Citroen Relay minibus, Fiat Ducato minibus, Ford Transit minibus, Iveco Daily minibus, Mercedes Sprinter minibus, Nissan Interstar minibus, Nissan Primastar minibus, Peugeot Boxer minibus, Renault Master minibus, Renault Trafic minibus, Vauxhall Movano minibus, Vauxhall Vivaro minibus, Volkswagen Crafter minibus or Volkswagen LT minibus we can help. We can provide you with a minibus to suit the requirements for your school minibus, college minibus, youth group minibus, day care minibus, accessible minibus, wheelchair accessible minibus, dial-a-ride minibus, community minibus, disabled minibus and more. With more than 30 years experience, Advanced Vehicle Builders are one of the finest manufacturers of after-market minibuses in the UK. During this time we have earned an excellent reputation within the major motor manufacturer network and created very close working partnerships with a number of them. Advanced continue to strive to be the best within the market and this site will show you our commitment to the most important Safety aspects, through to Quality, Choice & Service. The construction and use of minibuses is an ever changing market within the UK and a growing number of businesses are beginning to realise that they no longer have to tolerate a lack of safety to achieve a specification of passenger carrying vehicle which most suits their needs. This is the industry in which Advanced Vehicle Builders specialise. Since 1976, we have established an excellent reputation for quality, commitment and value for money within the Fleet Rental, Contract Hire, Social, Welfare and Domestic markets. Long experience and proven expertise enables us to fulfill the most demanding requirements of our customers. Advanced Vehicle Builders recognised from an early age the importance of in-house manufacture, a policy it has followed with increasing vigour to the present day. Substantial investment over the years in design and tooling ensures the speed and quality with which vehicles are manufactured. Not only that, we also ensure competitive prices and are very often less expensive than other products perceived to be the best. And yet, our loyal customers now suggest that our products are the best! High volume fleet operators can also rest assured that we have many years experience processing substantial orders speedily and accurately. Our existing high volume customers boast names such as United Kenning Rental Group, Smith Self Drive, Alamo Car Rental, Newtown Vehicle Rentals, Thrifty Car Hire, London Metropolitan Police and many more. School MinibusesIf you want a school bus for your school, then our school buses are the best school buses you could buy for your school. The school children will be a lot safer in one of our school minibuses and the school kids parents will feel more comfortable with their school children travelling to school in an Advanced school minibus. You will get the same safety levels from any of the Citroen Relay minibus, Fiat Ducato minibus, Ford Transit minibus, Iveco Daily minibus, Mercedes Sprinter minibus, Nissan Interstar minibus, Nissan Primastar minibus, Peugeot Boxer minibus, Renault Master minibus, Renault Trafic minibus, Vauxhall Movano minibus, Vauxhall Vivaro minibus, Volkswagen Crafter minibus or Volkswagen LT minibus range. College MinibusesIf you want a college bus for your college, then our college buses are the best college buses you could buy for your college. The college students will be a lot safer in one of our college minibuses and the college students parents will feel more comfortable with their college children travelling to college in an Advanced college minibus. You will get the same safety levels from any of the Citroen minibus, Fiat minibus, Ford minibus, Iveco minibus, Mercedes minibus, Nissan minibus, Peugeot minibus, Renault minibus, Vauxhall minibus or Volkswagen minibus range. Community MinibusesCommunity minibuses are another speciality from Advanced minibus. You can choose a Community minibus from the same range of Relay minibuses, Ducato minibuses, Transit minibuses, Daily minibuses, Sprinter minibuses, Interstar minibuses, Boxer minibuses, Master minibuses, Movano minibuses or LT minibuses as we have numerous specifications for community minibus requirements. If you are responsible for buying a community minibus then look no further than Advanced minibus for your community minibuses. We are the community minibus building specialist with whom you will have great confidence that we can supply your safety and specification requirements either from our range of Relay minibuses, Ducato minibuses, Transit minibuses, Daily minibuses, Sprinter minibuses, Interstar minibuses, Primastar minibuses, Boxer minibuses, Master minibuses, Trafic minibuses, Movano minibuses, Vivaro minibuses, Crafter minibuses and LT minibuses or by building you a vehicle to your own specification. SafetyWe are the minibus safety specialists with seating systems crash tested to M1 passenger car category standards through the whole range of Citroen Relay minibus, Fiat Ducato minibus, Ford Transit minibus, Iveco Daily minibus, Mercedes Sprinter minibus, Nissan Interstar minibus, Nissan Primastar minibus, Peugeot Boxer minibus, Renault Master minibus, Renault Trafic minibus, Vauxhall Movano minibus, Vauxhall Vivaro minibus, Volkswagen Crafter minibus or Volkswagen LT minibus. Since 1976, Advanced have prided themselves on their commitment to minibus safety. With numerous major motor manufacturers, Advanced are recognised as the minibus safety specialists in the UK. Advanced believe minibus safety is paramount when transporting children and adults alike. That is why Advanced’s minibus safety programme ensures that all our minibuses are built to twice the European minibus safety legislation – Our buses comply with the European M1 Passenger Car category safety standards for seat belt anchorages. If you want a minibus, then our minibuses are the best minibuses you could buy. You will be a lot safer in an Advanced minibus because all Advanced minibuses are built and tested to twice the normal standards for minibuses. The passengers you transport in your minibus should have the safety they deserve when travelling in a minibus – so buy an Advanced minibus – you couldn’t buy a better minibus. Minibus safety – If that’s what you are looking for then talk to the minibus safety specialists – Advanced miniBus.co.uk – the UK’s minibus safety specialists. Since 1976, Advanced have prided themselves on their commitment to minibus safety. With numerous major motor manufacturers, Advanced are recognised as the minibus safety specialists in the UK. Advanced believe minibus safety is paramount when transporting children and adults alike. That is why Advanced’s minibus safety programme ensures that all our minibuses are built to twice the European minibus safety legislation – Our buses comply with the European M1 Passenger Car category safety standards for seat belt anchorages. Currently, the legal requirement in the UK for seat belt anchorage compliance in minibuses is to comply with the European M2 (Minibus Category) standards for the strength of the seat belt anchorages. This imposes loadings on the anchorages equal to a 10g deceleration from 30mph. However, Advanced Vehicle Builders believe this is unacceptable and that minibuses should have seat belt anchorages which will withstand the same forces as applied in testing to those in your own family car. Therefore, we test our minibuses to the more ferocious European M1 (Passenger Car Category) standards. This imposes loadings on the anchorages equal to a 20g deceleration from 30mph, which is twice that required by UK law. So remember, in a minibus built by Advanced Vehicle Builders you have seat belt protection equal to that of your own family car – Why should you have anything less? Advanced minibuses have been subjected to stringent strength testing of the seats, their anchorage to the bodyshell the seat belt anchorages and the seat belts themselves by MIRA (The Motor Industry Research Association). The testing was witnessed and certified as complying with European safety standards by the VCA (The Vehicle Certification Agency) who are the UK Vehicle Testing Authority. The European standards applicable at the time of testing are: An operation unique amongst after-market minibus manufacturers is that Advanced Vehicle Builders manufactures all its seating systems in-house. The full steel frames are manufactured within our our steel fabrication department enabling us to control quality and production lead times. After being epoxy powder coated, the frames are transferred to our upholstery department who then assemble foams, covers, seat belts and headrests. Seat foams are combustion modified high resilient and shaped in design
for optimum comfort. Advanced Vehicle Builders have invested substantial sums of money in the design, manufacture and testing of the Euro Seat After achieving European M2 strength status quite easily during testing, we realised that it was quite possible for the Euro Seat to achieve European M1 Strength Standards. THE M1 STRENGTH STANDARD IS EQUAL TO THAT USED WHEN TESTING THE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGES IN YOUR FAMILY CAR. Please note: The Euro Seat has been strength tested whilst being mounted
in a vehicle body shell. Advanced Vehicle Builders have invested heavily in the design and manufacture of our seat and seat mounting systems and have then continued to authenticate the safety standards to which the whole system has been manufactured. A number of different manufacturers' body shells have been fitted with the Advanced IFS and Euro Seats and then been transferred to the Motor Industry Research Association at Nuneaton. When realising how successful we were during M2 Minibus strength tests, we chose to try the ultimate achievement of M1 Passenger Car Strength Standards and have achieved this so far just as easily. The testing was authenticated further by witnesses from The Department of Transports Vehicle Certification Agency (The UK's Vehicle Testing Authority). Only by testing the seats mounted in the vehicle shell in this way can it be determined for certain that the seat belt anchorages in the bus you buy comply with EEC and ECE standards. Advanced Vehicle Builders ensure that only high quality approved seat belts are fitted to all our Euro Seats. So how do we know whether or not a seat belt has been tested and furthermore, what safety standards has it achieved? These questions are answered by the label sewn into the belt. This label is more often orange in colour, but occasionally black. The approvals to which the seat belt must comply are ECE 16:04 or EEC/77/541 Points to note when buyingIt is possible to purchase a minibus which states that it contains tested seats, however, the mounting of these seats to the vehicle may not have been tested. It is possible that the mounting method renders the tested seats useless and so they cannot tell you that the whole vehicle meets all of the directives stated above. YOU MUST MAKE SURE THAT THE SEATS, THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE METHOD IN WHICH THEY ARE SECURED TO THE VEHICLE HAVE BEEN TESTED AND MEET WITH THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVES STATED BELOW. To ensure you can feel happy that the whole vehicle offers a strict form of safety for your children relating to the seat belts, you must ensure the following:- That the seat belts have been tested and comply with European Directives EEC 77/541 and ECE 16:04 (Both as amended) That the strength of the seats containing the seat belt anchorages, have been tested and comply with European Directives EEC/76/115 and ECE 14:03 (Both as amended) And most importantly, that the securing of the seats to the vehicle is also in compliance with the same strength test as European Directives EEC/76/115 and ECE 14:03 (Both as amended) The only way that all of the above requirements can be met is to conduct the test with the seats mounted in the vehicle, so that all aspects of the securing of the belts and the seats may be tested. Sites that you may be interested in;
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