Mercedes-Benz E-Class Drivers Benefit From Higher Level Of Road Safety
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Mercedes-Benz E-Class Drivers Benefit From Higher Level Of Road Safety
Mercedes-Benz E-Class Drivers Benefit From Higher Level Of Road Safety
Posted August 31, 2009 At 10:05 AM CST by J. Clark
The evidence is now clear: drivers of Mercedes vehicles are safer on the road than drivers of other car brands. This is the result of a study of Mercedes accident research based on official, anonymous data samples from the Federal Office of Statistics. Having looked at 18,748 accidents resulting in personal injury during the period from 2003 to 2007, the study found that the risk of being seriously or fatally injured as the driver of a E‑Class, is 10.4 percent lower than for comparable vehicles of other brands.
The study did not even allow for the fact that Mercedes-Benz vehicles are involved in accidents less frequently than the vehicles of other brands – primarily because, among other reasons, Mercedes-Benz was the first manufacturer to introduce ESP® across the board. The study of accident severity only took into account accidents resulting in personal injury. The criteria were initial registration from 2002 onwards, as well as a performance and weight class corresponding to the E‑Class.
The result represents clear evidence of the contribution made by the passive safety systems of Mercedes-Benz to reducing the consequences of an accident. Thanks to adaptive front airbags and belt-force limiters, which can adapt to the severity of an impact, rollover sensors, windowbags as standard and an intelligently designed body structure which provides occupants with excellent protection even in the event of severe collisions, at the time of its world premiere in 2002 the E-Class became the new benchmark for passenger car safety in the luxury class.
In the course of a facelift of the E-Class in the spring of 2006, the Mercedes engineers continued to achieve further substantial advances in the field of high-level safety, equipping the E-Class with safety systems which no other passenger car in this class was able to offer. At the time PRE-SAFE® was introduced, the interlinking of systems for accident prevention with occupant protection marked the start of a new era in this vehicle class. This Mercedes invention takes advantage of the time between detecting an accident-prone situation and possible accident damage for occupant protection. With the new E-Class, Mercedes-Benz has continued to build on the advances being made in the field of safety. Around a dozen new or enhanced driver assistance systems contribute to preventing accidents and reducing the severity of an impact. These include the ATTENTION ASSIST drowsiness detection system, as well as the optional DISTRONIC PLUS proximity control system and PRE-SAFE® Brakes with autonomous emergency braking. For the first time, PRE-SAFE® can also make use of information from the short-range radar sensors in the front bumper to tighten the front seat belts in the very last split second before an unavoidable accident, thus helping to reduce the loads suffered by the driver and front passenger in a crash.
With nine airbags as standard, four seat-belt tensioners and belt-force limiters as well as crash-responsive NECK-PRO head restraints for driver and front passenger, the new E-Class provides an even more comprehensive level of safety equipment than its predecessor. As well as the air cushions, which can be activated in milliseconds in the event of an accident, there are also two adaptive airbags for the driver and front passenger, a kneebag for the driver, two sidebags in the front seat backrests, and also two generously sized windowbags which span the area from the A to the C-pillar in the event of a side impact. For the first time, pelvisbags have also been incorporated for the front seat occupants. These can also help to reduce loads in the upper body and pelvic areas in the event of a side collision. Sidebags are also available as an optional extra for the rear passengers, while another safety innovation includes automatic adaptive belt-force limiters in the rear, now available for the first time as an option from Mercedes-Benz. These adjust automatically to the size and weight of the passengers.
Copyright © 2009, Daimler AG
Link: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Drivers Benefit From Higher Level Of Road Safety | eMercedesBenz - The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog
Want to share this with fellow E-Class owners. The E has always been a huge testament to Mercedes-Benz's supreme Safety engineering and execution. I remember seeing stats showing the W210 was the safest mid-size Sedan during its time (according to death rate statistics) (I'm assuming these came into effect after the pre-F.L's horrible Crash Test scores, I guess we can consider that one hiccup). Then of course the W211 was a huge and revolutionary step in Automotive Safety, setting the bar for M-B, and any evolution of that, as present on the W212, is simply epic.
Posted August 31, 2009 At 10:05 AM CST by J. Clark
The evidence is now clear: drivers of Mercedes vehicles are safer on the road than drivers of other car brands. This is the result of a study of Mercedes accident research based on official, anonymous data samples from the Federal Office of Statistics. Having looked at 18,748 accidents resulting in personal injury during the period from 2003 to 2007, the study found that the risk of being seriously or fatally injured as the driver of a E‑Class, is 10.4 percent lower than for comparable vehicles of other brands.
The study did not even allow for the fact that Mercedes-Benz vehicles are involved in accidents less frequently than the vehicles of other brands – primarily because, among other reasons, Mercedes-Benz was the first manufacturer to introduce ESP® across the board. The study of accident severity only took into account accidents resulting in personal injury. The criteria were initial registration from 2002 onwards, as well as a performance and weight class corresponding to the E‑Class.
The result represents clear evidence of the contribution made by the passive safety systems of Mercedes-Benz to reducing the consequences of an accident. Thanks to adaptive front airbags and belt-force limiters, which can adapt to the severity of an impact, rollover sensors, windowbags as standard and an intelligently designed body structure which provides occupants with excellent protection even in the event of severe collisions, at the time of its world premiere in 2002 the E-Class became the new benchmark for passenger car safety in the luxury class.
In the course of a facelift of the E-Class in the spring of 2006, the Mercedes engineers continued to achieve further substantial advances in the field of high-level safety, equipping the E-Class with safety systems which no other passenger car in this class was able to offer. At the time PRE-SAFE® was introduced, the interlinking of systems for accident prevention with occupant protection marked the start of a new era in this vehicle class. This Mercedes invention takes advantage of the time between detecting an accident-prone situation and possible accident damage for occupant protection. With the new E-Class, Mercedes-Benz has continued to build on the advances being made in the field of safety. Around a dozen new or enhanced driver assistance systems contribute to preventing accidents and reducing the severity of an impact. These include the ATTENTION ASSIST drowsiness detection system, as well as the optional DISTRONIC PLUS proximity control system and PRE-SAFE® Brakes with autonomous emergency braking. For the first time, PRE-SAFE® can also make use of information from the short-range radar sensors in the front bumper to tighten the front seat belts in the very last split second before an unavoidable accident, thus helping to reduce the loads suffered by the driver and front passenger in a crash.
With nine airbags as standard, four seat-belt tensioners and belt-force limiters as well as crash-responsive NECK-PRO head restraints for driver and front passenger, the new E-Class provides an even more comprehensive level of safety equipment than its predecessor. As well as the air cushions, which can be activated in milliseconds in the event of an accident, there are also two adaptive airbags for the driver and front passenger, a kneebag for the driver, two sidebags in the front seat backrests, and also two generously sized windowbags which span the area from the A to the C-pillar in the event of a side impact. For the first time, pelvisbags have also been incorporated for the front seat occupants. These can also help to reduce loads in the upper body and pelvic areas in the event of a side collision. Sidebags are also available as an optional extra for the rear passengers, while another safety innovation includes automatic adaptive belt-force limiters in the rear, now available for the first time as an option from Mercedes-Benz. These adjust automatically to the size and weight of the passengers.
Copyright © 2009, Daimler AG
Link: Mercedes-Benz E-Class Drivers Benefit From Higher Level Of Road Safety | eMercedesBenz - The Unofficial Mercedes-Benz Weblog
Want to share this with fellow E-Class owners. The E has always been a huge testament to Mercedes-Benz's supreme Safety engineering and execution. I remember seeing stats showing the W210 was the safest mid-size Sedan during its time (according to death rate statistics) (I'm assuming these came into effect after the pre-F.L's horrible Crash Test scores, I guess we can consider that one hiccup). Then of course the W211 was a huge and revolutionary step in Automotive Safety, setting the bar for M-B, and any evolution of that, as present on the W212, is simply epic.
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One type of accident that's not mention often (and yet is one of the most common types) is being rear-ended with whiplash and/or spinal injuries as a result.
MBs don't fare as well in that category. But no cars really do (BMW is one of the worst.) Except for Volvo.
The problem is seat design. Seat design tends to be generally the achilles heel. Particularly the way headrests are integrated with the seat and the way the seat responds to force.
Volvo, with its patented WHIPS seats ranks as the very best of all in rear end collisions (IIHS, NHTSA, Euro NCAP.) It's an excellent system (albeit expensive to produce) and if MB would do something similar, then I think the cars would rank as probably the very safest on the road (other than driving an armored vehicle of some sort.)
http://www.driveandstayalive.com/art...ion-system.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10688487
MBs don't fare as well in that category. But no cars really do (BMW is one of the worst.) Except for Volvo.
The problem is seat design. Seat design tends to be generally the achilles heel. Particularly the way headrests are integrated with the seat and the way the seat responds to force.
Volvo, with its patented WHIPS seats ranks as the very best of all in rear end collisions (IIHS, NHTSA, Euro NCAP.) It's an excellent system (albeit expensive to produce) and if MB would do something similar, then I think the cars would rank as probably the very safest on the road (other than driving an armored vehicle of some sort.)
http://www.driveandstayalive.com/art...ion-system.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10688487
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Yeah, I was looking through this Junkyard Website at damage done to certain cars, and realized TONS of them were rear ended, many VERY hard. Nobody puts emphasis on this, but it seems like it might be even the most common form of accident.
Seems the E gets good Rear Ratings for impacts?
I dunno, but one of the reasons I do feel safer in a Sedan is due to that extra crush space back there.
Seems the E gets good Rear Ratings for impacts?
I dunno, but one of the reasons I do feel safer in a Sedan is due to that extra crush space back there.
