Crash-test: 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.

Safety is a core component of Mercedes-Benz’s DNA. Mercedes-Benz is regarded as the inventor of modern vehicle safety – and remains a pioneer in the field to this day. The basis for the company’s commitment is its real-life safety strategy: Besides the prevention of accidents, their outcome is also reduced. Crash tests significantly contribute to road traffic safety.

Safety at Mercedes-Benz is not a matter of drive system.

New standards with electric SUV crash tests.

With the first public crash test of two purely electric vehicles, Mercedes-Benz demonstrated that our cars also offer a high level of safety in realistic collision scenarios and that our electric cars are in no way inferior to combustion-engine vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz is the world's first car manufacturer to X-ray a crash test.

X-ray crash test.

Mercedes-Benz uses X-ray technology in its crash tests.

Mercedes-Benz introduced the Hybrid III 5th Percentile Female dummy for its crash-tests.

Female crash test dummies.

120 dummies in 21 different versions undergo up to 900 crash tests each year.

Once everything has been measured and the 100 kg, 1.88 m tall crash-test dummies and their diversely dimensioned family members have been correctly positioned and safely secured with their seat belts, the crash-test vehicle can start its ultimate journey.

The technology centre for vehicle safety.

Facts and figures about the technology centre for vehicle safety.

 
crash simulations

A new Mercedes-Benz model undergoes around 15,0000 crash simulations on average.

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.

Tough test.

The Crashtest-Centre in Sindelfingen.

For more than 50 years, the company’s in-house accident research centre has been investigating accidents involving Mercedes-Benz vehicles. The aim is to understand how accidents happen and which advanced safety systems could have prevented them.

Redundant System Architecture DRIVE PILOT: Braking, Steering, Electrical System, Positioning, Stereo-Multi-Purpose-Camera.

Safe conditionally automated driving.

When it comes to conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3), safety and reliability are the top priorities for Mercedes-Benz.

Active Brake Assist.

Since 2012, more than 10 million of all Mercedes-Benz passenger cars sold worldwide have been equipped with the pedestrian emergency braking system.

On the road with the accident investigators from Mercedes-Benz

Measuring fate.

On the road with accident researchers from Mercedes-Benz.

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.

Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX.

Innovation.

As a technical pioneer, we develop solutions that sustainably improve mobility in the long term – today and in the future.

All-new seamless MBUX HYPERSCREEN with matrix backlight technology and zone dimming.

Technology.

As a company founded by engineers, we believe technology can also help to engineer a better future. Our way to sustainable mobility is innovation – in a holistic approach along the entire value chain.