Accountant General of the Supreme Court

1) With whom a deposit of securities must be lodged (value ?500,000) where, subject to the authority of the Secretary of State for Transport, a firm/organization wishes to carry its own liabilities rather than take out motor insurance.

Accident evaluation

1) The progress of a goods vehicle in terms of speed of travel and distance covered prior to and at the moment of impact in an accident can be accurately determined from its tachograph chart by a scientific process known as accident evaluation – a service provided by specialist firms with the aid of an electronic binocular microscope.

Accident

1) In transport a road traffic accident (RTA) involving a motor vehicle when the driver must stop and fulfil legal obligations regarding the provision of certain information to other persons and reporting to the police.

Access

1) The ability of people (typically public transport users) to get to essential facilities (eg schools, hospitals, shopping and leisure/sport facilities, etc) when necessary by convenient and economical means.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.3 (288 p.)

ABTA

1) Association of British Travel Agents. Association of travel agents, which provides a bonding scheme to guarantee clients’ (ie passengers’) bookings.

ABP

1) Associated British Ports. The UK’s leading port business providing port facilities and services to shippers and cargo owners. Owns and operates 22 ports around Great Britain including the major container port of Southampton handling a quarter of the country’s sea-borne trade. Owns other businesses as well including Slater’s Transport.