Amazing crash test!

[kornball426]

ALL STEEL ALL REAL!
all dead.

I've had a bad accident in a g-body. crumple zones are actually pretty cool.

I always thought tanks were better in crashes than the new plastic mobiles with crush zones... but I had a head on crash in January at around 40 mph in a 2010 Ford Focus with a 4 or 5 star crash safety rating. And when I got home from the hospital and surgery and what not I decided I'm not risking my life driving a 25 year old car anymore except for fun. I got all messed up with bruised ribs, knee's, broken leg, and lots and lots of cuts and bruises all over in a car than was only a couple months old and had less than 4,000 miles on it. I know I would have been dead if I had the same crash in my Regal... I'm getting a brand new car and my regal is either going to be given away or sold really cheap... Or become my race car.

 

[custom442]

I hate it when they do these frontal crash tests on the old cars and hit next to the engine block instead of head on. The results would be different hitting the car head on.

But new cars and crumple zones are pretty high tech, cars are getting so safe now you can walk away from a 5 star car without injury from a 30-35 mph wreck (head on).

There is something to be said for having a frame. With a roll cage and big engine in the front its hard to see why it wouldn't be just as safe as most cars on the road. Also it really depends on what year/model is crashing into our g bodies and how well the other car is made. I saw a wreck with a cutlass and a truck and the truck was completely smashed up on the back end the cutlass had only a bend in the front hood.

Mine's all fiberglass though so I'm screwed :shock:

 

[FE3X CLONE]

The misconception here is that because an older vehicle can come out of a wreck with a newer vehicle and have virtually no damage that this equates to the older car being safer.


The truth is that in a crash you want the vehicle to disintegrate to help dissipate the forces of the crash. A car that can survive a 35 MPH crash with just a minor scuff does you no good when your dead because your body had to endure all of the g-forces.

However the safer new cars get, the safer it is for the older cars since the new car would dissipate the forces more. Put two older vehicle's up against each other though and you'd have problems.

As far as the offset crash tests they do these because it is more indicative of what would happen in the real world if someone crossed the center line.

 

[tc1959]

My own crash test result 40 mph into a 2007 Cadillac head on.

 

[G-Body_Vet]

I had a '72 Caprice that was rear ended by a cutlass wagon. The Caprice was parked and got hit hard enough to knock the rear passenger tire over the curb. The damage....a broken tail light and a scratched bumper. The Cutlass left an antifreeze trail to their house.

And here's a classic crash test! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpU5azjCB8

 

[custom442]

My own crash test result 40 mph into a 2007 Cadillac head on.

wow is there any frame damage there? what happened (besides body panels)?

 

[tc1959]

My own crash test result 40 mph into a 2007 Cadillac head on.

wow is there any frame damage there? what happened (besides body panels)?

Yes the left frame horn was bent up about 25 degrees.That pic was the day she came back from the frame shop.(crappy cell phone pic.) All the sheet metal was totaled along with the core support and the header panel.

 

[1979ratrod]

first off i hate how they just destroy a classic but i was watching the video and there is no way that would happen. plus im not sure what it was but if you look just before the crash there is a rope or a wire on the rear bumper and it rips a piece of it off and it almost looks fake. i own a 1960 biscayne and those arnt little shitty bumpers those are some beast *ss bumpers and a little wire wouldent do sh*t to it.

 

[1979ratrod]

look 33 seconds into the video

 

[84dragcutlass]

Plus i know those fenders on those old cars are held on the very well, in the video rear part of the passenger fender poped out like it wasnt even bolted on