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According to
the WHO, over 170,000 Europeans
die in motor vehicle accidents each year, and a further 5 million
are injured. Improved vehicle safety is the most important
factor in improving road transport safety. Safety is very
important to Swedes (the home of Saab & Volvo), and Sweden's
largest insurer, the Folksam Fond,
produces an excellent crash-test
report based on real-life accidents. Although brand-new
vehicles are excluded, Folksam's results provide a more complete
picture of a vehicle's safety level. The FIA's New Car Assessment
Program tests provide an indication of a vehicle's protective
capacity but fail to show how well a safe car performs in the
real world.
Key To Folksam
Safety Ratings
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40%
Safer Than The Average Car |
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20%
Safer Than The Average Car |
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Average
Car |
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20%
Less Safe Than The Average Car |
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40%
Less Safe Than The Average Car |
Safety features and their capacity
for reducing injury
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(source: Folksam
Fond)
By analyzing
every injury sustaining motor vehicle accident in Sweden, Folksam
has discovered some interesting facts. Improvements to the
shock-absorbing capacity of vehicle front-ends combined with improvements
to the occupants safety-cage, front & side airbags, and seat-belt
pre-tensioners have reduced the risk of occupant injuries over
20% during the past 10 years. Even with these encouraging results,
the risk of personal injury or death is ten times higher in the
most dangerous cars when compared to the safest. The greatest
improvements have occured in the smallest vehicles. Before the
1990's, manufacturers failed to apply the same safety standards
to to small cars as they did to large. Historically the latest
safety equipment always appeared in the largest and most expensive
vehicles, while small and inexpensive models were ignored. Luckily,
legislation and the public's growing concern for crash-worthiness
have forced manufacturers to fit even the smallest and cheapest
cars with the same safety equipment that is found on the largest
and most expensive.
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