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"Volvo S 70 / V70, year model 1998 - 2000 is the safest car model in Sweden in the "How safe is your car?" report conducted by Swedish insurance company Folksam. S 70 / V70 is the only one among the totally 95 ranked models which has a safety level that is at least 50 % better than the average model in the Folksam investigation.
Volvo also takes the second position with its 800-model (the predecessor of the 70-series). Then follows Renault Laguna, Volvo 700 and Saab 9000. This means that the top three makes (Volvo 70, 800 and Renault Laguna) are sold through the same dealer network. (Renault cars are imported and distributed in the Nordic countries through the Volvo Cars sales organisation since more than 20 years).
"I am very pleased that the most common cars in Sweden also are the safest", says Anders Kullgren, Head of Folksam Research.
The gap between the most safe and the less safe car is narrowing. This according to the Folksam research that includes more than 62.000 accidents occurred since 1994.
"An obvious sign on what direction the wind blows is that five of the models in the 'small car category' now are placed in our next best, 'blue' category, which means it is at least 20 % better than the average level", says Anders Kullgren.
Safety development speeded up
Another trend is that progress in car safety is taking place in a faster pace. Passengers travelling in a car from the late 90's are exposed to a 25 % less risk of being killed or seriously injured in a car crash compared with those in a car from the early 80's.
The last five years have however implied a significant leap in car safety development.
"Cars introduced during 1995 - 1999 have a decreased risk with 12 percent for death or serious disability after a traffic accident compared with models introduced during 1990-94", says Anders Kullgren.
The degree of improvements differs between various car types. On the smallest of the compact cars the improvements are the highest with the risk of death or serious disability has been reduced by 50 % during late 90's models compared to the early 80's. Correspondent reduction of risks in the 'large family car category' is 30 percent.
Injuries on humans
Generally, the risk of disability as a result of injuries in traffic accidents has been drastically reduced since the early 80's. The risk for head injuries have reduced by 50%, and risk of leg injury has been reduced with 65 %. This mainly because car manufacturers have introduced standard equipment such as air bags and other safety equipment, as well as designing more solid car bodies that can resist the forces of a crash impact better than before.
The significant exception from this trend is the risk of neck injuries, which have doubled during the last 20 years. The main reason is the more rigid structure of car seats in models of the 90's, which result in better impact safety during all types of accidents apart from the rear end collisions where these more rigid seats actually enhance the risk of whiplash injury.
Folksam has together with the Swedish National Road Administration (Vägverket) compared its own crash accident findings with those of the Euro NCAP crash test programme. This is interesting, particularly since the Euro NCAP results are from crash impact tests, while the Folksam results emerge from real life road accidents. The comparison reveals a high degree of conformity between laboratory crash tests and real life situation when it comes to severe injuries on the human body. However, for 'less serious injuries', where also whiplash is included, there is no correlation.
"At the same time as the Euro NCAPs crash tests significantly have contributed to a higher safety levels, the results without doubt indicate an empty gap within Euro NCAP when such a big and increasing category of injury like whiplash is not reflected. Their series of tests ought to be expanded with rear end impact tests", Anders Kullgren establishes.
Aggressiveness of cars
An "aggressive" car means it is dangerous for other cars in a road accident.
Weight and front structure are decisive factors. Folksam has made a study of the aggressiveness of cars introduced later than 1989 which were involved in two-car collisions in Sweden during 1994 - 2000, the study included more than 13.000 cases. SUVs turned out to be around 60 percent more aggressive than the average, while the correspondent figures for MPVs were 30 percent.
"When we compared the biggest cars with the smallest, it was evident that the SUVs were 85 % more aggressive than small compact cars, says Anders Kullgren, Head of Folksam Research.
The complete list of "How safe is your car"
Further information
Anders Kullgren, Head of Folksam Research, Stockholm, Sweden, phone +46 8-772 74 35, mobile +46 708-31 68 35.
Lars Ĺkerkvist, Communication Manager, phone +46 8-772 60 77, mobile +46 708-31 60 07."
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