Improving Automotive Passive Safety Protection for an Aging Population
(Stockholm, Sweden, November 8, 2017) – Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, is performing crash tests in order to develop restraint systems for a population that is getting older and more diverse. Now, Autoliv is conducting research on a new crash dummy that represents an elderly female.Passive safety requirements continue to develop through research. The target in current legislation and rating programs (such as Euro NCAP) are male, with just a few exceptions. To save more lives, Autoliv goes beyond legislations and rating programs.