Volvo Safety Center

Volvo Cars' crash-test laboratory in Torslanda, Sweden turns 10 this year and the almost 3,000 full-scale tests that have been carried out during the high-tech facility's first decade have helped give Volvo owners even safer cars. When the new safety centre was inaugurated by Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf in early 2000, it was one of the most advanced in the car industry a position it has retained over the years thanks to the continuous implementation of new equipment and new test methods. The latest technology infusion is in the form of a set of digital high-speed cameras that can take 200,000 frames per second. The crash-test laboratory has one fixed and one movable test track. The movable track can be adjusted from 0 to 90 degrees, making it possible to carry out tests involving a variety of incident and accident scenarios, from frontal impacts to side impacts, between two moving cars approach at different angles and speeds. Avoidance and mitigation of collision can also be tested. The facility can currently handle more than 400 full-scale tests a year.
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• Safety
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• Torslanda
• Sweden

[gsg9angel]

im glad ive got a volvo, many car companies can now say our cars are just as safe fair point but all the other car companies were made to make safer cars nobody made volvo make safer cars because volvo made themselves make safer cars, and all you other car companies where were you when we needed you. so when it comes to safety leave it to volvo .

[bingham1234567]

i dont plan on crashing but if i do i hope im in a volvo if i do

[lorrainegleaf]

luv my Volvo! Check out the one at"Gorge's Volvo 3 Million Miles" video? it's a neat vid ...

[MrBuzzialdrin]

3:06

[dilshan278a]

look its 0 dislike...who likes to die soon?

[seebmamb0]

There is only one right one brand of the car.. It's VOLVO .. others ones are only a schoolboy in real automotive world...

[wannabemedic]

Don't Ford/Vauxhall/Renault/Citroen/­Kia/Hyundai/Peugeot/BMW/Audi/M­ercedes have similar facilities?

It appears not, as there are no YouTube videos about them. Oh well. Next car will be a Volvo :-)

[aeg12p]

Get the 245 and drive it off a cliff, You WILL survive!

[thepricylon]

@vladvolvofh16660 lol...but what about germans? they make good cars and safety too

[vladvolvofh16660]

volvo rules :X :)