Whilst driving your car what would you rather do? Be well protected in a car crash with Passive Safety Systems such as seatbelts & airbags. Or never crash at all? If the latter (and who wouldn't?) your next car should be fitted with Car Active eSafety (CAeS) systems. In Europe these eight CAeS could save 6123 lives & prevent 135,834 injuries (1*) each year by 2020:-
1) Electronic Stability Control (ESC) In emergencies prevents skids / rolls. 3253 lives & 52,182 injuries saved If Fitted In (IFI) 75% cars.
2) SpeedAlert (SPE) Informs you about advisory & legal speed limits. 1076 lives & 34,887 injuries saved IFI 39% cars.
3) eCall (ECA) In a crash dials emergency services giving your cars' location. 728 lives saved IFI 50% cars.
4) Lane Keeping Support (LKS) Prevents your car drifting into the next lane. 678 lives & 17,296 injuries saved IFI 18% cars.
5) Emergency Braking (EBR) In an emergency automatically applies your car brakes. 193 lives & 10,925 injuries saved IFI 9% cars.
6) Full Speed Range ACC (FSR) Keeps your car at a safe distance from car in front. 101 lives & 9,774 injuries saved IFI 11% cars.
7) Driver Drowsiness Monitoring (DDM) Alerts you when you are sleepy at the wheel. 94 lives & 2,174 injuries saved IFI 4% cars.
8) Lane Change Assistant (LCA) Helps you to safely change lanes. 86 lives & 8,596 injuries saved IFI 9% cars.
Worldwide the roads each year have 1.2 Million (M) deaths & 50M casualties (3*). In Europe, 300M drivers have 1.3M accidents & 41,000 people die (2*). In UK in 2007, 2,946 died (49% car users, 21% pedestrians, 20% bikers, 5% cyclists, 5% other vehicles) & UK casualty rate was 199 casualties /100M km in 1967; 48 /100M km in 2007. (5*) In UK in 2008 (3*), 2,538 died of which 1,257 (again 49%) were car users, 10,711 were seriously injured with 149,188 car user casualties (injured or maimed). In UK in 2009 (6*) 2222 died, 222,146 reported casualties of all severities, 24,690 were seriously injured and 195,234 were slightly injured.
Refs: 1* fig. 12+13 tinyurl.com/3ym7jl9, 2* tinyurl.com/2w8sqa8, 3* tinyurl.com/lkrn65, 5* tinyurl.com/q3oxq 6* tinyurl.com/3abo3ex
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