Safety, Volvo FH and Volvo FM Aero trucks achieved five-star rating from test organization EuroNCAP
The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), based in Belgium, was first established in 1996 and quickly became the European industry standard for assessing the safety of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. “This is proof of our consistent efforts in safety developments to go beyond what is required by legislation, towards our vision of zero accidents involving our trucks”, said Anna Wrige Berling, Traffic and Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks.
Volvo’s best-selling models, the Volvo FH and the Volvo FM, both received the top rating of five stars. In particular, the Volvo FM had the best overall test result among all tested trucks. We’re talking about the independent tests on safety carried out by the international EuroNCAP organization.
“Euro NCAP’s five-star rating means that Volvo has shown excellent performance on criteria such as driver support and collision avoidance, delivering traffic safety for the driver and surrounding road users. Additionally, both Volvo models fulfil the so-called City Safe criteria, thanks to good vision and good performance of Volvo’s active safety systems, designed to protect vulnerable road users in city traffic situations”, explained Volvo in an official note.
Volvo and the latest Euro NCAP safety tests
The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP), based in Belgium, was first established in 1996 and quickly became the European industry standard for assessing the safety of passenger cars. As for the truck test, each safety system was given a score, which was aggregated for each area. These scores were then used to calculate a star rating of one to five stars for the whole vehicle.
Potrebbe interessarti
“The new e-axle is key to improving electric truck efficiency and range”. Our interview with Jan Hjelmgren (Volvo)
“This is proof of our consistent efforts in safety developments to go beyond what is required by legislation, towards our vision of zero accidents involving our trucks”, said Anna Wrige Berling, Traffic and Product Safety Director, Volvo Trucks. “Euro NCAP ratings will guide customers in their purchase decisions as well as challenge vehicle manufacturers to continuously work to improve safety.”
