Volvo is known for setting the pace in safety while others follow. This time, the company is dropping cars 30 meters to help rescue services save lives. This is the extreme crash test ever executed by Volvo Cars, and a crucial one. Extrication specialists often use cars crashed at the Volvo Cars Safety Center to hone their lifesaving skills.
Volvo cars recently took equally extreme measures to allow rescue services to prepare for any possible crash scenario and to simulate the forces that erupt in the most extreme crashes, beyond what can be simulated with ordinary crash testing.
For the first time, Volvo dropped several new Volvos multiple times from a crane, from a height of 30 meters. This approach helped create enough damage to adequately simulate the damage found in the most extreme crash scenarios: think of single car accidents at very high speed, accidents whereby a car hits a truck at high speed, or accidents whereby a car takes a severe hit from the side.
