Volvo Awards and Safety Innovations!

Milestones in 80 Years Of Volvo Safety Engineering!

1944 - Safety Cage & Laminated Windscreen

1959 - Three-point Safety Belts in front seats

1960 - Padded Dashboard

1964 - Prototype of first rear-facing child seat

1966 - Dual-Circuit braking system

1966 - Crumple Zones

1967 - Safety belts in rear seat

1968 - Head restraints in front seats

1969 - Three-point, inertia-reel safety belts in front seats

1972 - Three-point, inertia-reel safety belts in rear seats, rear-facing child seat and childproof locks, Volvo Experimental Safety Car

1973 - Collapsible steering column

1974 - Energy-absorbent bumpers, Crash-protected location of fuel tank

1978 - Child booster cushion

1982 - Anti-Submarining protection, wide angle mirrors

1984 - ABS (Anti-lock Braking System)

1986 - High-level brake light, Three-point safety belt in center rear seat

1987 - Safety belt pretensioners, Driver Airbag

1990 - Integrated Child Booster cushion

1991 - SIPS (Side Impact Protection System), Automatic height adjustment of front safety belts

1993 - Three-point, inertia reel safety belts standard in all seats

1994 - SIPS bags (side-impact airbags)

1997 - ROPS (Rollover Protection System) in C70 Convertible

1998 - WHIPS (Whiplash Protection System), IC (Inflatable side-impact curtain)

2000 - Inauguration of Volvo Cars Safety Centre in Goteborg, ISOFIX attachment system for child seat, Dual-stage inflation airbags, Volvo On Call security and roadside assistance system

2001 - Volvo Safety Concept Car (SCC)

2002 - RSC (Roll Stability Control) active stability system in Volvo XC90, further developed ROPS, Lower front crossmember in XC90 to increase safety compatibility with lower cars, Development of virtual, pregnant crash dummy

2003 - IDIS (Intelligent Driver Information System), New patented front-end structure for increased collision protection

2004 - BLIS (Blind Spot Information System), DMIC (Door-mounted Inflatable Curtain) for Convertibles, ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control)

2005 - Volvo CoDriver support system (concept), Volvo MultiLock (research project)

2006 - PCC (Personal Car Communicator with Heartbeat sensor), Active Bi-Xenon lights with swivelling headlamps, Collision Warning with Brake Support

2007 - Volvo City Safety system for avoiding low-speed collisions (concept), Second generation of WHIPS (whiplash protection system), New stronger side structure using different grades of high-strength steel, Integrated two-stage child booster cushion with force limiter adapted for children Extended inflatable curtains for enhanced child safety

More to Come....

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