Member Since: 29 Jan 2009
Location: Essex, England
Posts: 1444
TEAB wrote:
Very eye opening
Wasnt the defender considered one of the best vehicles to be in in an accident? I am sure I read some survey or similar a couple of years ago.
I think it was considered the vehicle that occupants were least likely to die in, in any kind of crash worldwide.
Perhaps because they tend not to be motorway vehicles or driven at particularly high speeds, placing them at lower risk. Mass, size and the ladder chassis hitting the average Eurobox first I would think all go to this statistic if it's true. The sheer number of them still on the road would also add to the stat.
11th Jan 2012 3:09pm
MuddyMarky
Member Since: 01 Feb 2010
Location: Oxfordshire
Posts: 548
AndrewS wrote:
There are places in the D3/4 RRS where the safety shell can be cut where the Boron steel is purposfully left out see here. For instance the bottom of the A pillar etc.
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We've got information similar to this on mobile data teminals fitted to all the pumps in Oxfordshire now. It's useful stuff, especially for things like battery locations, etc for making vehicles safe. To be honest though, they're rarely used actually during an RTC for cutting/extricating though......probably because they take too long to load up with the amount of information carried on them!Mark
2011 110 XS DC
Stornoway Grey
11th Jan 2012 3:56pm
bpman
Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069
those of us lucky enough to do the factory tour would remember the boron steel reinforcements, looks like it saved the family.
shocking photos though ... what's the flippin rush !
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11th Jan 2012 3:56pm
