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Safety Features

Learn about important safety features

Recommended safety features

Safety features with demonstrated effectiveness at reducing the likelihood of serious and/or fatal injuries.

Auto Emergency Braking

AEB is technology designed to apply your car’s brakes when you can’t to help avoid or reduce the severity of a crash in low and higher speed zones.

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Electronic Stability Control

ESC is an automatic feature that becomes active if you lose control of your car.

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Front Airbag Driver

Airbag in the front drivers side to prevent the driver from striking other parts of the vehicle in the event of a crash.

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Front Airbag Passenger

Front airbag in the passenger side to prevent the occupant from striking other parts of the car in the event of a crash.

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Intelligent Speed Assistance

The vehicle detects the current speed limit and notifies the driver.

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Lane Keep Assist

Lane keeping technologies are designed to prevent you from leaving your lane of travel.

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Reversing Camera

Reversing Camera technology is used to provide you with visibility behind your vehicle.

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Side Curtain Airbags

Side Curtain Airbags are designed to protect you and your passengers from head injuries during a crash.

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Vulnerable Road User Auto Emergency Braking

AEB technology designed to apply your car’s brakes when you can’t to help avoid or reduce the severity of a crash with pedestrians and cyclists.

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eCall

eCall is an automatic emergency call system designed to connect vehicle occupants with emergency services following a serious crash.

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Additional Safety Features

Emerging safety features that show encouraging potential to reduce the likelihood of serious and/or fatal injuries.

Auto Emergency Braking - Backover

Designed to prevent or reduce low-speed reversing crashes by automatically braking when an obstacle, person or another car are detected behind the vehicle.

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Auto Emergency Braking - Intersection

Designed to help prevent or mitigate collisions at intersections.

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Blind Spot Warning

Detects vehicles you can't see that are next to or behind your car and warns you when they are in your blind spots

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Driver Monitoring Systems

Driver monitoring systems are designed to assess driver alertness and attention by monitoring eye gaze, head position and facial cues.

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What are the Recommended Safety Features?

These safety features are recommended, as each has been shown to help improve the likelihood of surviving a crash or avoiding it in the first place. The more of these features a vehicle has the safer the vehicle is.

  • Auto Emergency Braking - Car-to-Car
  • Auto Emergency Braking - Vulnerable Road User
  • Lane Keep Assist
  • Intelligent Speed Assist
  • Reversing Camera
  • Side Curtain Airbags
  • Electronic Stability Control
  • Front Airbag Driver
  • Front Airbag Passenger
  • eCall