Volvo 244 DL | 1979 | Rear Crash Test
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- čas přidán 12. 01. 2013
- 1979 Volvo 244 DL
Rear impact at 35mph(56km/h)
The vehicle tested is complied with:
-FMVSS 301-75 - Fuel Sustem Integrity
-FMVSS 208 - Driver/Passenger Injury Criteria
Test Note:
Driver/Passenger seat backs failed at impact and both heads struck the back of the rear seat. The fuel tank was dented by the differential. Both right side doors opened after impact.
Head Injury Criteria(HIC): Driver-51, Passenger-210
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Before boron steel was used in Volvo seats.
Do you happen to know what model year Volvo started to use boron in their seats? Thanks.
I still own and drive a 1993 Volvo 240, and having the seat backs collapse completely is unacceptable.
Yes, I agree. I remember when I first heard about seat backs collapsing in the Fall of '92. At the time about the only cars that didn't have this problem were Mercedes Benz's. Even the Volvo's front seats were collapsing in a rear impact. I had always thought Volvos were safe cars.
@@bobjohnson1587 Fall of '92, my mom was pregnant with me. I'm glad car safety has come a long way since then. I drive a 2011 Honda Accord sedan and from tests I've seen on those, their seats hold up pretty well in rear impact. I love the 240, and it was an extremely safe car for its time, but the fact is that my Accord is far safer in every way. Its design is 33 years newer.
August 16, 2022 1:56 am
@@whattheheck1000 So many people complain about auto safety taking away from the car's design and function. Some of those same people who complain owe their own life to safer cars. :)
The seats were redesigned for 1986, don't know if they got any stronger though.
An impact like that would most likely would cause major spinal cord and internal organ injuries on that 240
Lol nah. People get rammed by semi's going 60mph and get out uninjured.
@@xq39 well imagine that but you are in a 1950s car, would be way worse and probably not make it out alive or injured
Total seat collapse. This could easily kill a rear occupant or child in a car seat.
I'm actually surprised that did that poorly, even knowing it's a 1979. I've seen some American cars of this era come out with the occupant compartment totally intact after this same 35 mph rear crash test, this 240 has some buckling around the rear-left door. The seat back collapse happens on pretty much any '70s car, I've never seen a car this old that had seats strong enough to withstand this impact. I wonder if Volvo ever upgraded the rear structure on later 240's, I know the 1982 and later 240's did a little better structurally in the full frontal crash test than the 1979 NHTSA tested.
That being said, the fatality statistics don't lie and the 240 always had one of the lowest fatality rates of any car when it was sold. Though an early 240 would be a death trap by today's standards, though it was still well ahead of its time on overall safety. A 1982 or later model is still well behind today's cars on safety but I wouldn't quite call it a death trap.
February 26, 2021 4:25 am
i bet it would run perfect after a rear end collision :) since its a Volvo
The rear bumper almost looks OK. Car collapsed though.
Yes, it sure did. 7 years ago I was rear-ended by a distracted driver while stopped behind a school bus discharging children. I figure the impact speed was no more than 10-15 mph. He was driving a '15 Ram quad-cab pickup truck and I was in my '90 Volvo 740 GL sedan. It was a full bumper on bumper impact spread equally across the rear of mine and the front of his. Both of my rear doors opened after, but one wouldn't close completely. The bumper bar was bent and needed replacing along with both bumper shocks and cover. The total cost to repair mine was $6,000! Not sure what the damage was on his truck. My front seats were both occupied and undamaged.