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Super Safe Volvo S60

Super Safe Volvo S60

Date: 2014-06-20
Volvo Car Group's leadership in safety technology has been highlighted by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The IIHS recently introduced a new test programme that rates the performance of front crash prevention systems. This is a major development for crash tests in general, as prevention systems are playing an ever-increasing role in vehicle safety. And Volvo is ahead of the game.

The Volvo S60 received the highest possible rating of 'Superior' - and Volvo Cars' City Safety system is the only standard-specification low-speed crash prevention system in the test, which included 74 vehicles.

"We welcome the fact that the major rating institutes are starting to integrate collision avoidance technologies in their test programmes. This gives consumers a better insight into the advantages of auto brake systems. It will also drive implementation of these technologies through the vehicle fleet," says Thomas Broberg, Senior Safety Advisor at Volvo Car Group.

The Volvo S60, equipped with City Safety and Collision Warning with Full Auto Brake and Pedestrian Detection, is among seven models that have received a Superior rating in the new test.

City Safety standard in all Volvo models

Volvo's low-speed City Safety system is standard in all new Volvo models around the world. Most new Volvos are also available with state-of-the-art technologies that detect, warn and brake automatically for rear other vehicles as well as pedestrians and cyclists.

So far, Volvo Cars has sold more than one million cars equipped with systems for automatic braking - and the company will continue this pioneering work in the near future by making detection systems work also in darkness for pedestrians and by introducing collision mitigation for animals.

Auto brake results in fewer accidents

The benefits of Volvo's ground-breaking City Safety technology has been documented in an earlier IIHS/HLDI (Highway Loss Data Institute) report stating a reduction of the collision claim frequency with up to 20 per cent. Data from Swedish insurer If show similar figures with frontal collisions in car following situations being reduced with 23 per cent.

The IIHS study of insurance claims involving a Volvo XC60 shows that City Safety reduces the costs for bodily injury liability with 33 per cent - while property damage liability was lowered by 15 per cent.

"Over the years, the risk of being injured in a Volvo has been reduced continuously and substantially. By introducing new preventive and protective systems, we keep moving towards our aim that by 2020 no one should be injured or killed in a new Volvo. Our long-term vision is that cars should not crash," says Thomas Broberg.