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Safety Features to Protect People and Operations
Operator and public safety is a core consideration in the design of every Don-Bur trailer and rigid body. This section showcases a range of safety-focused features, including side guards, high-grip flooring, fall arrest systems, underrun protection, and visual/audible warning devices.
Many of our safety enhancements are specified to meet or exceed standards such as FORS, CLOCS, and Direct Vision requirements. Whether you're looking to reduce slip, trip, and fall risks or prevent incidents during loading, coupling, or urban manoeuvring, Don-Bur offers practical safety solutions tailored to your fleet environment.
TrafficAngel TrailerMatic Reversing Sensor System
Improve reversing and reduce accidents with the TrailerMatic system, featuring waterproof sensors and a wireless in-cab display.
Durite Smart AI Low Bridge Detection System
AI-driven low-bridge detection using camera and GPS to warn HGV drivers of height risks. Supports safer routing and reduces the likelihood of bridge strikes.
Parksafe | Low Bridge Detection System (LBDS)
Avoid costly bridge strikes with our Low Bridge Detection System – real-time GPS alerts help protect high vehicles from low clearance hazards
Effortless Docking, Enhanced Awareness: Introducing Aspoeck RADC 1.0
Revolutionize Truck Trailer Safety with RADC 1.0: Programmable detection, EBS compatibility, & gentle braking for enhanced manoeuvring & collision avoidance. Learn more & request a quote!
Trailer Sideguard Infill Panels
The Don-Bur sideguard infill panels are cost-effective and highly visual panels that fill the void normally left between sideguard rails.
Curtain-Keep Retention System
Tame the wind and secure your cargo with the Curtain-Keep Safety System for HGVs. This innovative system features a high-tensile cable and link tethers to keep curtains taut in high winds, ensuring safety, efficiency, and compliance. Learn more today!
Suspension-Safe Standalone Suspension Height Alert System
Standalone alert system that warns when trailer suspension is above ride height. Battery powered with light and optional 90dB siren to help reduce bridge strike risk.
EBS-Safe Braked | Enforces Driver Coupling | ISO 7638
EBS-Safe Braked boosts trailer safety by alerting drivers and automatically applying brakes if the ISO 7638 (EBS) line fails to power the trailer ECU.
Disc-Lock Safety Wheel Nuts For HGV Wheels
The Disc-Lock Safety Wheel Nut is a reliable, vibration-proof solution to prevent wheel loss in commercial vehicles. Approved by manufacturers and widely used globally, it enhances safety, minimizes costs, and features Greenkote® coating.
Checkpoint Safewheel Twin Wheelnut Indicator / Cover For HGV Wheels
Safewheel Twin®: Durable retainer for two wheel nuts, prevents movement, enhances safety. Weather-resistant, supports fleet checks. Easy fitting and removal.
Checkpoint Checklock SQ For HGV Wheels
Checklock SQ®: Stainless steel retainer to prevent nut loosening. Two coils tighten around adjacent nuts, enhancing safety, re-usable, and supports fleet checks. Certified by TÜV.
Checkpoint Checklink Wheelnut Indicator For HGV Wheels
Checklink®: A dual-purpose wheel nut indicator and retainer. Prevents loosening of nuts with a unique 'S' shape, offering visual indication and retention. Enhances safety and supports fleet checks.
Checkpoint Original Wheelnut Indicators For HGV Wheels
Checkpoint® Original: The world's first and best loose wheel nut indicator. Invented over 30 years ago, it offers instant visual indication of nut movement, supports fleet safety checks, and ensures roadworthiness.
Checkpoint Safewheel Wheelnut Indicator / Cover For HGV Wheels
Safewheel®: A robust wheel nut retaining ring and protective cap combo. Retains and protects wheel nuts, reducing the risk of loosening and enhancing safety. Durable, reusable, and supports fleet checks.
Checkpoint Dustite LR® Wheelnut Indicator amp; Cover For HGV Wheels
Enhance safety with Dustite LR, a wheel nut indicator and protective cap designed for wheels with trims. Instantly shows nut movement, indicates overheating, and shields against weather and corrosion.
Aspock Soft Docking Ramp-Distance-Control RDC Premium
Smooth docking with Aspöck RDC premium. Only a few metres to the ramp. The lorry reverses slowly. Only 3 metres to the black buffers and an unmistakable beeping signal sounds.
Haldex TEM Valve and TrCM Safe Parking For Trailers
Safe Parking stands for increased safety and prevents potentially fatal mistakes by man and damage to material during trailer coupling and uncoupling.
Vue's Low Bridge Strike Alerting System For HGV Trailers
An innovative alerting system as your preventative solution for bridge strikes. The Low Bridge Alerting System (LBAS) helps fleets tackle bridge strikes, significantly reducing the number of incidents that occur.
Deck-Talk Audio Feedback For Lifting Decks
"Deck-Talk" is a unique add-on feature that provides verbal feedback for general status, safety and fault diagnosis for the upper decks of Lifting Deck trailers.
HGV Trailer Smart Kingpin
Smart Kingpin: Continuous monitoring, alerts potential issues, ensures safety, UNECE Approval. Ideal for new builds or retrofitting.
EBS-Safe | Encourage Correct EBS/ABS Trailer Coupling
'EBS-Safe' is a unique Don-Bur warning system that ensures a compliant ISO 7638 ABS/EBS (often known more simply as EBS) connection.
Pownall Valve Auto Park Brake
Prevent rollaways with Pownall Valve—safety backup for park brakes, ensuring trailers stay secure during air line disconnection.
Heavy Duty Anti-Tip Safety Legs
Learn how heavy duty anti-tip safety legs help prevent trailer tipping during loading, especially with dense loads or short trailers.
Inflatable HGV Side Safety System by AIRBAR™
AIRBAR™ boosts road safety with visible inflatable barriers and flashing LEDs, preventing blind-spot collisions. Safe-turn® enhances cyclist safety. British-made, winner of the Institute of Vehicle Recovery's 2019 Innovation Award.
Brigade Reversing and Warning Alarm
Why Reversing and Warning Alarms? The rear blind spot is a huge problem regardless of vehicle/machine with reversing vehicles now accounting for a quarter of all workplace deaths.
Maple SafeConnect – Trailer Coupling Safety Device
SafeConnect is a device that prevents trailer rollaways during coupling by keeping brakes applied until the driver is back in the cab, pressing the foot brake.
ZF Wabco TailGUARD: Rear blind spot detection system
Enhance safety during reversing with TailGUARD – an automatic rear blind spot detection system for trailers. Compliant with ISO 12155, it helps prevent accidents, damages, and downtime.
Vision Techniques VT BanksMan – Reversing Radar Detection
VT BANKSMAN: Advanced programmable radar system for commercial vehicles. 100% accurate detection, visual and audible alarms, reduces collision risks. Robust, customizable, and industry-proven for over 25 years.
Vision Techniques VT BanksMan – Auto Braking Reversing Radar
VT Banksman auto-braking radar detects hazards with 100% accuracy and applies brakes if the driver doesn't react—ideal for low-speed manoeuvres.
Brigade Ultrasonic Obstacle Detection
Improving driver visibility is a key issue for vehicle operators. Safety devices incl. mirrors/cameras are common/mandatory under blind spot legislation.
Dawes PeoplePanel® Flat Panel Side Guard Protection System
Enhance road safety with PeoplePanel® – flat panel side guards, visibility increase, FORS compliant, lightweight, and customizable.
Haldex EB+ Soft Docking
EB+ Soft Docking prevents loading bay accidents by activating brakes as distance decreases. Ultrasonic sensors and warnings ensure precise docking.
Shutter Retention Catch
Learn how a shutter retention catch safely holds a raised shutter during loading and unloading, reducing unintended movement when spring tension relaxes.
Stainless Steel T-Bar Door Retainer
A stainless steel t-bar fitted on the external face of the door fits into a catch plate mounted to the external face of the vehicle side panel to retain the door close to the bodywork.
Dog Clip and Wire Door Retainer
A simple guide to the dog clip and wire door retainer, used to secure a trailer door against the bodywork for safe loading and transit.
Container Doors | Trombone Door Retainer
The trombone door retainer is fitted horizontally just under the rear side rave and pulls out before rotating 90 degrees.
