Volvo City Safety loss experience – an update

An earlier study reported that Volvo XC60s fitted with City Safety, a low-speed collision avoidance technology, had lower than expected loss frequencies for property damage liability (-27 percent), bodily injury liability (-51 percent) and collision (-22 percent). Updated results for the XC60 as well as initial results for the Volvo S60 confirm that City Safety is reducing losses substantially, although the effects are somewhat smaller than in the initial XC60 report. In the new study, property damage liability loss frequency was estimated to be 15 percent lower than relevant control vehicles for the XC60 and 16 percent lower for the S60. Collision frequencies were reduced by an estimated 20 percent for the XC60 and 9 percent for the S60. Both vehicles also showed reductions in collision claim severity and reductions in overall losses for collision and property damage liability. Under bodily injury liability, frequency was 33 percent lower for the XC60 and 18 percent lower for the S60.

• Record URL:
  http://www.iihs.org/research/hldi/crash_avoidance/29.23-Volvo.pdf
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• Publication Date: 2012-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19p
• Serial:
  • Highway Loss Data Institute Bulletin
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 23
  • Publisher: Highway Loss Data Institute

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Crash injuries; Crash rates; Crash severity; Highway safety; Liability; Sport utility vehicles; Traffic crashes
• Identifier Terms: Volvo automobile
• Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01482105
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 20 2013 1:55PM