The weakest link

Major advances in steel technology and the increased use of aluminium in vehicles hold serious ramifications for insurers and bodyshops if inappropriate repair weakens structural integrity. Urgent action must be taken if accidents and injury are to be avoided, reports Lynn Rouse

Last month, repairer network ABS warned that accidents could soon be caused by repair failure as a result of the increasing prevalence of new steel technologies - unless insurers and fleet managers

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