Our experts continuously analyse both real-life traffic accidents involving current Mercedes-Benz models and international accident databases in order to protect road traffic users even better in the future.
Our work doesn't end when our cars leave our factories. We want to understand how our customers use their vehicles in real-life road traffic and how these vehicles perform in actual accidents, in order to derive optimizations for future models.
At Mercedes-Benz, we not only want to fulfil legislators’ regulatory requirements and safety regulations, but also set new standards that advance the entire industry. Our aim is to ensure the best possible crash safety, optimise occupant protection and protect vulnerable road users. The progress we have made has been confirmed by awards from renowned test institutes such as Euro NCAP, which awarded the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the EQE SUV in October 2024 a ‘very good’ rating in the special category for assistance systems.
On 10 September 1959, Mercedes-Benz carried out the first crash test in Sindelfingen – the birth of modern safety development work.
The start of the systematic analysis of real-life road accidents at Mercedes-Benz – our own accident research.
The number of approximately crash tests carried out annually at the Mercedes-Benz Technology Centre (TFS) and supplemented by around 1,700 sled tests.
Each model series undergoes around 15,000 simulations and 150 crash tests before it is ready for series production – to guarantee the highest safety standards.