vehicle safety
Automotive injury reduction
Vehicle safety encompasses the design features, regulations, and practices that protect drivers, passengers, and pedestrians from injury or death in motor vehicles.
This includes structural elements like crumple zones and airbags, active systems like antilock brakes and electronic stability control, and behavioral factors like seatbelt use.
The car earned top marks in vehicle safety ratings.
Manufacturers tout safety features in marketing, and government agencies conduct crash tests to inform consumers.
- airbagsCrash-activated vehicle cushions
- seat beltsVehicle passenger restraints
- headrestsPadded seat-back extensions
- crumple zonesEngineered collision-absorbing sections
- roll cageProtective tubular structure around driver
blind spot · backup camera · seat belt laws · collision avoidance · collision · side impact · child seat · laminated glass · defensive driving · OnStar · crash test · crash test dummy · air cushion · ABS · rollover · recall · anti-lock brakes · insurance requirements
- safety rulesfire codes, health codes, building codes, electrical codes, plumbing codes
- transport policyhighway funding, congestion pricing, fuel taxes, infrastructure funding, highway tolls
- transportationcar, bus, airplane, train, plane
- traffic lawstraffic laws, speed limit, speed limits, traffic law, traffic rules
- EU regulationsGDPR, RED, single market, free movement, data protection
vehicle safetyreckless driving
Unsafe vehicle operation
dangerous driving · careless driving · drunk driving · distracted driving · negligent driving
vehicle safetystructural weakness
Flaw in construction integrity
Ford Pinto · death trap · cost-cutting · planned obsolescence