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Nobody has ever died in an XC90

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Old Apr 15th, 2018, 12:24   #11
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How? I was in the police. We recorded make and model on a road accident form 4.4.2 and the space for make and model was tiny, you could barely fit "Volvo" into the space for make! We did not inform car makers one of their cars had been in a fatal accident.

The insurance companies may keep better data that can be searched. But there are lots of insurance companies, so does Volvo pay them to keep a trace on their records and report back?

The government records are incomplete, as shown above, so that is not the source.
I'm not sure how it is done in UK , but in Sweden Volvo have sent out a team to investigate any crash involving a volvo since 1971 that must generate some accurate enough statements for them to have been saying this for the last three years ..............

" Our Aim is for nobody to be killed or seriously injured in any of our cars from the year 2020"
Volvo know what they are doing , more than anybody else .....
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I'm not sure how it is done in UK , but in Sweden Volvo have sent out a team to investigate any crash involving a volvo since 1971 that must generate some accurate enough statements for them to have been saying this for the last three years ..............

" Our Aim is for nobody to be killed or seriously injured in any of our cars from the year 2020"
Volvo know what they are doing , more than anybody else .....
Seemingly selling cars.
If you want to take advantage of our safety and not die in your Volvo best buy a new one in 2020, if you don't all bets are off.

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Seemingly selling cars.
If you want to take advantage of our safety and not die in your Volvo best buy a new one in 2020, if you don't all bets are off.

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well most of the current new Volvos are going on past 2020 :-)
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On BBC News site, on the page that links to the article page is a link and a photo of the rear wheel only of the XC90 photographed for the article. The tyre has some serious side wall damage, confirmed when you zoom in!

The defective tyre photograph and the title above it 'The most significant development since the safety belt' are an odd couple!

Bottom of page, under 'Full Story' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news
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I'm not sure how it is done in UK , but in Sweden Volvo have sent out a team to investigate any crash involving a volvo since 1971 that must generate some accurate enough statements for them to have been saying this for the last three years ..............

" Our Aim is for nobody to be killed or seriously injured in any of our cars from the year 2020"
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I believe Volvo say that from 2020 no person should be killed in a NEW Volvo. When we visited Gothenburg in 2015 our lovely presenter made that statement and when she thought I wasn't believing her she pointed out that at that time they had already reached 75%. But I'm still not convinced nor am I questioning the quality of a Volvo and its ability to save life.
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I believe Volvo say that from 2020 no person should be killed in a NEW Volvo. When we visited Gothenburg in 2015 our lovely presenter made that statement and when she thought I wasn't believing her she pointed out that at that time they had already reached 75%. But I'm still not convinced nor am I questioning the quality of a Volvo and its ability to save life.
I agree, 'Dibble'. It is a bold claim, but one for which there is some justification. Personally, we have bought Volvo in part for their safety reputation since the 145.

Survival of any accident must also be a function of it's severity. I would not care to be in any vehicle that was unfortunate enough to be hit from behind by a truck traveling at 55 MPH, only to be shunted into the back of a second stationary one.

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By pushing technological boundaries, we have reduced the risk of being hurt in an accident when in a Volvo by 50% since 2000. And we’re going much further, with our goal that nobody should die or be seriously injured in a new Volvo by the year 2020

I think it's a brave statement by Volvo, unless they have fathomed out a way of beating the laws of physics. Will it be a combination of their safety systems and autonomous driving technology, and removing the human element? I'm still not convinced it can be done. At least they state should rather than will. Be nice if they can pull it off though.
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The insurance companies may keep better data that can be searched. But there are lots of insurance companies, so does Volvo pay them to keep a trace on their records and report back?
There are lots of insurance brands, but the number of actual underwriters isn't that high.

Given how they are happy to sell off people's personal data to whichever ambulance chaser pays the most, I'm sure they would be more than happy to collate and sell any data a manufacturer wants.
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I'm completely unsuprised by this.

Look at these Crash Tests of the C30 (which I believe is still the smallest car Volvo has made, atleast in a VERY long time?)

Amazing stuff. XC90 seems like a tank compared to the C30.

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There are lots of insurance brands, but the number of actual underwriters isn't that high.

Given how they are happy to sell off people's personal data to whichever ambulance chaser pays the most, I'm sure they would be more than happy to collate and sell any data a manufacturer wants.
Given I think it is more than likely 100% of fatal accidents will result in an insurance claim, the insurers will get to know. If that is how Volvo got the data on which to base their claim, fine, I just think they should say so.

What with fake news and VW's lying over emissions, I am not very trusting any more and extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidencing.
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