Review of seat belt crash performance in modern Volvo vehicles

It is considered that good occupant protection can be obtained in modern volvo vehicles, provided the installed 3-point seat belt system is used. To quantify the above judgement has been a challenge over many years and this paper is a review of such research efforts. To this end the volvo accident figures are also put into an international as well as swedish and Australian perspective. A deeper discussion is also held with regard to patterns of injuries received by belted occupants under specific crash conditions. In the latter part of the paper, a volvo opinion on preferred requirements on future seat belt systems is expressed. (A)