Volkswagen - Volkswagen Safety - Forward Control - Japanese Crash Tests (1984)

This Video shows tests conducted in Germany by Professor Max Donner at the Alliance-Zentrum fur Technik, under the scruting of engineers from the German motoring organisation ADAC. “The small delivery van crashes into the concrete wall at 36km/h. The left hand door flies open. The vehicle is 65cm shorter in a fraction of a second. The drivers cab is compressed, the driver is completely jammed in the cab. What does the manufacturer catalogue say? “All round steel body with safety cell for passengers“. Are other forward control vehicles also unsafe? Seven delivery vans from Germany and Japan in a crash test.“