Tag Archives: Safety

Here is a good look at the 2017 Jeep Renegade Body Structure. Look at the image below and then follow up with the crash test images. This will give you an idea one reason

Chances of seeing one of these vehicles is rare, responding to an accident scene with one is even rarer. Rolls-Royce only produces a few hundred of this model for the global market each year. However, you know what vehicle will be at your next accident scene so take a quick look.

The NHSTA and IIHS have tougher roof-crush standards that are met with thinner-section A-pillars that use patch-welded blanks where a super-stiff U-channel gets welded to a lighter-gauge material before it’s stamped into the rough shape of the A-pillar.

The 2016 Jaguar XF has two different sizes of 12 volt batteries located in the trunk.

The 2015 Audi A4 Body Structure is full of different types of materials and grades of steel.<

Seatbelt pretensioners tighten up any slack in the belt webbing at 0.020 seconds after an impact is detected by the ECU (Electronic Control Unit). ​This restrains an occupant as early as possible in a crash and reduces the load on the occupant in a crash while restraining the passengers in their seats more effectively.

So where the Toyota Engineers put the 12Volt battery on the 2015 Prius C? Under the rear seat on the passenger side. Take a look at the screenshot below from Moditech's Crash Recovery System.

The 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA, has 73 percent of the bodyshell is comprised of high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels. In the area of the side roof frame and the new C-ring structure in the rear, hot-formed steels are used – ensuring the highest strength category possible for body steels.

So calls like this never happen? Take a look at the pictures and start playing it out in your mind. How many vehicles, how many occupants or pedestrians? Is anyone trapped under a vehicle? Any fluids/fuel leaking? Lastly, do you have enough struts and platform to work on?

General Motors is adding the 2015 Bi-Fuel Impala to their alternative fuel vehicle lineup. As a Bi-Fuel, this vehicle will run off of gas and CNG. We are not kidding when we say Rifle Round Tested, Bonfire Approved.