Do you ever think about how safe your car is?

[Heidel_Kakao]

 

Not sure if we have had a thread like this before but I came across the video above while browsing YouTube and shock horror an old Proton is terrible in a crash. I think we all know that old cars are not as safe as newer cars but I don't actively think about it while driving otherwise I might not want to get in the bloody thing.

 

If you want to find a crash video of your own car and post it up feel free, or don't and remain in blissful ignorance which I would not blame you for doing.

[Matt]

 

I think I'll be a slightly lighter shade of dead than a Proton driver.

[richardmorris]

Yes, best crash protection is to avoid one in the first place.

( PPE fails to danger)

 

 

 

 

 

The 2cv usually behaves remarkably well in real life crashes as it's so flexible it is just knocked away. The X1/9 is amazing in being one of only two cars ( the other being a Volvo) that passed the proposed strict USA crash tests in the 1970s. No US car did and so the rules were abandoned.

[0ldCh0d]

The classic Rover Metro 100 Crash Test.....

 

[garethj]

Not sure if we have had a thread like this before...

 

Oh Christ, yes we have

 

If we all put 1% of the effort into driving safely as we do in bragging about how safe our cars are, road accidents would be cut dramatically.

[sierraman]

Doesn’t matter what car you are in, when your times up it’s up.

[Guest Hooli]

 

Only time I think about it is when I think I'm about to crash & the thought is always 'this'll hurt'. That doesn't happen much these days though.

[UltraWomble]

 

C8 fares OK in a front ender but a bit pish on a side impact even with all the curtain airbags you are gonna be sore

 

 

Rear impact I cant find anything high speed, but I expect the 3rd row passengers would not fare too well.

[UltraWomble]

I'd be pretty badly fooked up in the Almera if I sideswipe a lamp post.

But Meh!

[barefoot]

I used to drive a Trabant and I worried about this a lot.

So I sold it.

[0ldCh0d]

 

 

That stood up quite well in the head on crash test.......not so sure about the side impact though...

[MikeR]

 

 

my Focus seems to do quite well ,

[rantingYoof]

The S60 may not be terribly large anymore compared to recent modernz but it came out quite well from the 40mph moderate overlap...

 

Here is an S60 being unexpectedly crash tested courtesy of a rather quick Audi Q3...

https://youtu.be/TSmiukbyw0I?t=47s

 

An article in the comments has some photographs clearly showing how well it held up to being hit at around 50mph by a weighty crossover...

http://fishki.net/auto/2082921-avarija-dnja-sereznoe-dtp-s-postradavshimi-v-sankt-peterburge.html

 

Someone who has interpreted the article said it confirms no fatalities, with the injuries unfortunately coming from from pedestrians waiting to cross the road and the Audi driver.

 

So from this I basically have learnt that to ensure optimum safety levels are maintained in my Volvo I shouldn't go to Russia.

 

Also, the thread reminded me of this video demonstrating nothing other than physics; Seicento vs XC70.

 

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

If we all put 1% of the effort into driving safely as we do in bragging about how safe our cars are, road accidents would be cut dramatically.

 

^ WHS.

 

If you're still worried, here's some reassuring (lies, damned lies and) statistics : G-reg Protons were involved in no fatal car accidents whatsoever over the past decade in the UK. Driving one therefore makes you INVINCIBLE !

[Bren]

Never thought about it.

 

If I die it's because it's my time - not because my car was pish.

[59Impala]

In a word, nope.

[dollywobbler]

Yes, I do think about it. No, I don't really care.

[dollywobbler]

Yes, I do think about it. No, I don't really care.

[Junkman]

Safest car I ever had!

 

 

Also, a safety belt doesn't help you a bit if the seat mount breaks.

 

 

 

Life. Way overrated.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Five Phil Mitchell Stars

 

[overrun]

Sometimes.

 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Maybe I should have kept the Herald. Is is, after all, the safest family car in the world.

 

[Heidel_Kakao]

^ WHS.

 

If you're still worried, here's some reassuring (lies, damned lies and) statistics : G-reg Protons were involved in no fatal car accidents whatsoever over the past decade in the UK. Driving one therefore makes you INVINCIBLE !

Well when you put it like that I can imagine having kids would make you think differently, I had my sister with her baby in the XM the other day and I don't know if I would feel as comfortable taking them in the Proton. Myself personally I don't care.

 

https://youtu.be/iXwP780LBw8

[ProgRocker]

I'd be pretty badly fooked up in the Almera if I sideswipe a lamp post.

But Meh!

 

Beat me to it!

 

Doesn't look too good does it?   Just as well I don'tdrive like a loon in mine.

[sierraman]

Similar thing happened near us about 10-12 years ago, a Daewoo Nexia ended up spinning at about 80-90mph roof first into a telegraph pole. By all accounts it tore the car in half, the telegraph pole didn’t move an inch. Needless to say the occupants were brown bread.

[pshome]

No worries, savest car eva!

 

... as long as you don't sit in the rear.

 

 

[Heidel_Kakao]

Maybe I should have kept the Herald. Is is, after all, the safest family car in the world.

 

Ha amazing, where can I get myself an "Impactoscopic" steering column?

[Ghosty]

[Mally]

If you are worried about a crash you would never own a motor bike.

[pshome]

highly unlikely to hit another 504 these days... conclusion: Safe!