Schematic view of a glass EQS SUV. An eight-stage safety concept protects the battery in the vehicle's floor.

For more road traffic safety.

Our primary goal is to prevent accidents and reduce the consequences of accidents – through systems that recognise risks, support people in road traffic and actively protect them in extreme cases.

Mercedes-Benz not only invented the automobile, but also many essential safety systems. The basic principles of accident safety still apply today: A combination of crumple zones for energy dissipation, a stable passenger cell serving as a survival space, and restraint systems such as seat belts and airbags, continue to help reduce the consequences of accidents.

We strive to build the safest cars in the world. In this way, we also want to protect others, especially vulnerable road users. But we are going even further: we want new Mercedes-Benz vehicles to cause no more accidents from 2050 on.

It is a fact that human error is one of the main causes of traffic accidents. That is why we are working hard on solutions that can compensate for human error or prevent it altogether. Active Brake Assist, which is included as a standard feature, can help to minimise the severity of rear-end collisions or prevent them altogether. For us, automated driving technology is a path to ecological and economic efficiency as well as increased safety.

Safety in series production.

More than ten million Mercedes-Benz passenger cars sold since 2012 are equipped with the pedestrian emergency braking system. The Active Brake Assist has been standard equipment in all our new passenger car models since 2021.

TwoBox system for electric vehicles.

Smart systems.

Over 40 driver assistance systems ensure that occupants of a Mercedes-Benz vehicle are safer and more comfortable than ever before.

At Mercedes-Benz, we pursue a holistic safety concept. Our driver assistance systems help to prevent and safely manage critical driving situations in order to protect both vehicle occupants and other road users. If an accident cannot be prevented, our technology should prepare the occupants for the crash, protect them in the best possible way and call for help in an emergency.

Safe conditionally automated driving.

Mercedes-Benz focuses on safety and reliability in highly automated driving (SAE level 3). DRIVE PILOT combines sensors such as LiDAR, radar and camera, and is built on a redundant system architecture to safely manage all potentially situations that may occur.

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Above and beyond the legal requirements: An EQA and an EQS SUV collided head-on with a 50 percent overlap in a real-life accident scenario, each travelling at 56 km/h.

Safety at Mercedes-Benz.

For our development engineers, this means not just designing our road vehicles to meet regulatory requirements or consumer protection ratings. Our aim is to develop safe vehicles for real-life accident scenarios on actual roads and thus create genuine added value for all road users.

On the road with the accident investigators from Mercedes-Benz

Safety through science.

From securing evidence to safety progress – how our accident researchers have been analysing real-life traffic accidents for over 55 years and directly influencing our vehicles’ on-going development.

Termination of a business trip: The actual crash takes just about 120 milliseconds. In order not to miss a detail, the tests are documented by high speed cameras taking 1,000 images per second.

The crash-test experts.

Mercedes-Benz has been conducting crash tests for over 65 years – at our Technology Centre for Vehicle Safety in Sindelfingen.