Crumple zone
Crumple zones in a car help to reduce the impact of force on the people in the car when the car crashes into a solid object or another vehicle. The car is designed to crumple in a way so it absorbs energy to decelerate for longer and so reduce the force and severity of the crash on the people in the car.
Crumple Zone Media
A crash test illustrates how a crumple zone absorbs energy from an impact.
Road Maintenance Truck Impact Attenuator, Auckland, New Zealand
Extent of the crumple zones (blue) and the driver's safety cell (red) of an E217 series train
The crumple zone on the front of these cars absorbed the impact of an offset head-on collision.
Activated rear crumple zone
Cross section to show the different strength of the metal in a Saab 9000. The safety cell is in stronger metal (red) compared to the crumple zones (yellow).
Mazda 121 (re-badged Ford Fiesta) crash test car from the British Transport Research Laboratory.
Volkswagen Polo after a full frontal crash test into a deformable wall at the Transport Research Laboratory
VW Vento / Jetta activated front crumple zone
A Toyota Camry after a front impact with a tree. Airbags were deployed.
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