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These￿statistics￿led￿to￿the￿conclusion￿that￿it￿was￿necessary￿to￿significantly￿improve￿the￿protection
for￿passengers￿in￿accidents￿against￿the￿side￿of￿the￿vehicle.￿The￿first￿and￿most￿important￿measure￿for
passenger￿protection￿in￿a￿side￿collision￿is￿and￿remains￿a￿stable￿vehicle￿structure￿to￿reduce￿intrusion.
A￿further￿step￿in￿optimizing￿passenger￿protection￿during￿side￿collisions￿was￿use￿of￿a￿side￿airbag￿and,
since￿5/97,￿a￿head￿airbag.
2.7.2.￿Safety￿tests/accident￿analysis
Numerous￿safety￿tests￿are￿performed￿before￿a￿BMW￿vehicle￿is￿introduced￿on￿the￿market.￿These￿crash
tests￿serve￿to￿ensure￿that￿the￿legal￿regulations￿are￿met￿in￿all￿applicable￿countries￿and￿that￿all￿consumer
protection￿requirements￿are￿satisfied.
In￿addition￿crash￿tests￿are￿performed￿on￿the￿basis￿of￿information￿obtained￿from￿BMW￿accident
research.￿BMW￿accident￿research￿has￿revealed￿a￿high￿percentage￿of￿frontal￿collisions￿with￿trees.￿For
this￿reason￿BMW￿performs￿a￿frontal￿post￿crash￿test￿to￿optimize￿the￿vehicle￿structure,￿even￿though
there￿are￿no￿laws￿requiring￿this.
Passenger￿safety￿in￿BMW￿vehicles￿is￿therefore￿far￿above￿the￿legal￿regulations￿specified￿worldwide.
Various￿crash￿tests￿are￿performed￿depending￿on￿the￿national￿version.￿The￿most￿important￿crash￿tests
are￿described￿in￿detail￿below:

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Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP
• Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP
• Head-on￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR
• Side￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP
• Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-NCAP
• Side￿collision￿according￿to￿US-IIHS
• Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP
• Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿FMVSS￿301
• Rear￿end￿collision￿according￿to￿RCAR
• Pedestrian￿protection￿according￿to￿EURO-NCAP
According￿to￿accident￿statistics￿the￿total￿number￿of￿accidents￿is￿subdivided￿into￿the￿following￿separate
collision￿situations:￿Head-on￿collisions,￿side￿collisions,￿rear￿end￿collisions￿and￿rollovers.
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Explanation
Head-on￿collisions
Side￿collisions
Rear￿end￿collisions
Rollovers
Multiple￿collisions