Volvo S60 crash test 2000 - 2004 Sedan

Protection of driver and passenger

Frontal impact, the driver

Frontal impact, the passenger

Side impact driver

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily - Badly - Very bad

Child restraint devices

Children under 18 months	Volvo manufactured CRS, facing backwards
A child older than 3 years	Volvo manufactured CRS, facing backwards

pedestrian safety

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

S60 is equipped with robust safety cage and provides the driver and passengers extremely good protection in side crashes, surrounding the head and the airbag body. In the frontal impact, experts have found the need to improve the protection of the breast. knee kick the front panel can also lead to damage. The protection of children has been thought well, which is not the protection of pedestrians.

Frontal impact:

safety cage effectively protected the passengers. Seatbelts are equipped with load limiters and showed good results. Driver's head from hitting the steering wheel airbag protected. Since front passenger airbags as standard did not have his belt tension should have been greater than that of the driver's head to prevent contact with the front panel. Driver's knees and shins were protected too bad, having undergone a high risk of damage. The centerpiece of the rear seat ryadya equipped with three-point seat belt, for better protection than a lap.

Child safety-passenger:

In the test, specialty children's chairs, established "against the direction of movement", having outdoor supports. Instructions for their installation and fastening with seat belts could be more understandable. In addition, the experts found that it is possible to dismiss additional safety strap, which, according to security requirements, should not be. Despite these shortcomings, the chairs effectively defended their passengers.

Side strike:

The car was equipped with side pillows and security curtains that defended the driver. The curtain also protects the rear row passengers.

Pedestrian safety:

The front part of the S60 turned out to be very solid and traumatic in places where the head of a pedestrian falls at the race. This forced experts to warn the manufacturer that this aspect requires more attention. Protection in the scan of the child's head is recognized as acceptable.

General information about the car

Roelf location	Left
Tested model	Volvo S60.
Body type	4-door sedan
Year of publishing data	2001
Curb weight	1425

Installation Systems:

Pretensels of front seat belts	There is
Front Belts Load Loaders	There is
Driver Front Airbag	There is
Passenger Front Airbag	Not
Side airbags	There is
Side Head Airbags	There is
Driver's knees and feet airbag	Not