safest citroen ?

allmond · Unread post by **allmond** » 26 Jul 2003, 22:28

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Alan
Your Roo tip would also appear to apply to children in the UK.
Mark_sp
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And deer!!
Jamie

Unread post by **cheesesliceking** » 31 Jul 2003, 20:48

Nobody seems to have mentioned the AX[:0]....

That was after an Escort Van hit me at about 30Mph.[B)]

adrianeaton · Unread post by **adrianeaton** » 31 Jul 2003, 21:18

That doesn't actually look too bad to me, mainly because it looks more or less head on so the impact was spread across the front quite well.
This picture was pointed out to me today:

which looks to have been very low overlap and probably less than 40mph. Any worse and the B pillar looks like it would've parted company - sobering thought when the seat belt is attached to it, so you can guess what happens to the person wearing it.....
Drive safe all [:D]
Adrian

Unread post by **cheesesliceking** » 01 Aug 2003, 16:28

Jeepers i bet that hurt!
Mine was a front left corner impact, a lot of the damage was done by the bumper coming off, sent both the headlights upwards! lots of broken glass... very pretty. [}:)]

jeremy · Unread post by **jeremy** » 01 Aug 2003, 16:39

having seen the BX photo I suppose I now know why the Xantia is about quarter of a tonne heavier than a BX and a ZX weighs the same!
And I was going to keep my BX for several years!
Jeremy

mikaeln · Unread post by **mikaeln** » 01 Aug 2003, 18:08

The Swedish insurance company Folksam publishes an alternative security ranking based on actual accidents that are reported to them and on police reports (apparently in Sweden a lot of accident statistics are made publicly available by the police).
In some instances, this ranking differs radically from NCAP's, and most of the Citroens seem to get a better ranking in these "real life" tests.
The results are based on 76.100 accidents involving two cars from 1994 to 2002, and measures "the risk of death or invalidity through a two-car collision in the given car model".
Unfortunately (for me, anyway, since I just bought one) the BX is not included in the statistics. But it shows for instance that both Xantia and XM are "above average" in their class.
Check out the results at http://www.folksam.se/forskning/trafik/ ... torlek.htm
-Mikael

Unread post by **cheesesliceking** » 01 Aug 2003, 20:53

Any chance of a translation for the AX?
pweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexz[:D][:D]

nick · Unread post by **nick** » 02 Aug 2003, 00:04

You may be interested in this too;
http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/d ... 508327.pdf
Its the stats collected by the UK Department for Transport comparing the risk of death or serious injury when involved in an accident for each make and model of car.
(It is 26 pages long though.)
Nick

Unread post by **cheesesliceking** » 12 Aug 2003, 18:00

Cheers [:)]

benj · Unread post by **benj** » 12 Aug 2003, 23:03

nice site nick
Adrian/Jon, the rover metro/100 seems to have done quite fairly here?

adrianeaton · Unread post by **adrianeaton** » 13 Aug 2003, 00:59

If you mean on the DfT stats - yes it does. Down to the fact that you actually have to have a crash (and be injured) to be included in the stats. Hence little old ladies having 5mph accidents end up at the minor end of things while other cars that are owned by 'younger' people, or those who cover big mileages will feature in more violent accidents as a result. Either way, how they crash is a factor once the accident becomes inevitable.
Cheers
Adrian

benj · Unread post by **benj** » 13 Aug 2003, 01:51

yea your probably right, as much fun and however reliable my little 100 runaround is id never wont to crash in it, but going purly by statistics, looks like im less likely to crash in one! close call!!