Friday, October 23, 2009

Pre-prepared Restraints

The restraint technologies of your Volvo are designed to help provide maximum protection while minimizing strain on the occupants.

Pre-prepared Restraints Volvo XC60
Pre-prepared Restraints Volvo XC60

Using new technology including a windshield laser-sensor, this Volvo XC60 standard safety feature continuously monitors objects in front of the car at all speeds. This makes it possible to prepare and adapt the seatbelts and airbags for an expected crash force and thus help optimize protection in a low or mid-severe frontal collision.

Dual-chamber Side Airbags

The new generation Volvo SIPS airbags have two separate chambers that are inflated at different pressures in a side impact. One chamber protects the hip area, while the other protects the chest.

Dual-chamber Side Airbags Volvo XC60
Dual-chamber Side Airbags Volvo XC60

The hip chamber is inflated five times the pressure of the chest chamber to help optimize protection.

Dual-stage Airbags

In a frontal collision, the driver and passenger airbags help protect your head, face and chest.

Dual-stage Airbags Volvo XC60
Dual-stage Airbags, Driver and Front Passenger Volvo XC60

The system varies their level of inflation depending on the force of the collision. Should the collision force be sufficiently low that the airbags aren't needed, it will deploy the seatbelt pre-tensioners.

Pedestrian Protection Volvo

The front features clean, gentle, smooth lines, flush headlights, and a low engine position to help reduce danger to pedestrian cyclists and other road-users should an accident occur.

Pedestrian Protection Volvo XC60
Pedestrian Protection - Unprotected Road Users Volvo XC60

Roll-Over Protection System

To help protect the occupants in a rollover situation, Volvo's ROPS is activated by a gyroscope that monitors the vehicle's leaning angle.


Roll-Over Protection System Video Volvo XC60

The safety belt pre-tensioners are activated at every seat to help keep occupants more securely restrained. At the same time, the inflatable curtain (IC) deploys and remains inflated for several seconds to help provide extended protection.

Lane Departure Warning

The Driver Alert Control is the first in the world of passenger cars to alert the driver when his or her concentration level is affected.


Lane Departure Warning Video Volvo XC60

Together with the Lane Departure Warning, which signals when the car crosses road markings without obvious reason, the system is designed to address the risk of accidents caused by driver distraction.

Driver Alert Control XC60

The Driver Alert Control is the first in the world of passenger cars to alert the driver when his or her concentration level is affected.


Driver Alert Control Video Volvo XC60

Together with the Lane Departure Warning, which signals when the car crosses road markings without obvious reason, the system is designed to address the risk of accidents caused by driver distraction.

City Safety Video Volvo

75 percent of all reported collisions occur at speeds of up to 18 mph and half of these occur in city traffic. To help reduce the consequences of a low speed collision in urban traffic and slow-moving traffic queues, Volvo is launching the foreseeing City Safety a standard feature in the Volvo XC60. Due to the infrared laser sensor, the City Safety Technology can determine whether you are approaching a vehicle from behind too fast. If the driver fails to react in due time, the City Safety will automatically apply the brakes in order to slow down the car either to avoid the collision, which is possible if the speed difference between the two vehicles is below 9 mph or reduce the impact if the speed difference is between 9 and 18 mph.


City Safety Video Volvo XC60

At the same time, the interior restraint systems are pre-prepared for activation. City Safety operates at speeds of up to 18 mph and is programmed to respond if the vehicle in front is either at a stand still or is moving slower in the same direction as your own car in order to help reduce the risk of injury to yourself and your passengers as well as reducing the risk of whiplash injury to the occupants in the vehicle ahead.