Safety In Numbers - TRW Bags Top Award With One In Three European Vehicles Containing Parts

If you sell or use TRW parts, you are in good company as the latest figures show that one in three vehicles across Europe contains its market leading parts. The celebrations continued as it was announced that out of 27 vehicles chosen for their safety status in 2010 by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a massive 21 of them feature TRW‘s intelligent safety systems, including several of its occupant safety, electronic, steering and braking technologies.

“We are clearly moving in the right direction with our offer,” TRW’s marketing services manager, Soeren Kristensen. “These facts prove TRW is a force to be reckoned with in the industry.” 

Facts about IIHS

• US based IIHS, is a non-profit organization funded by the automotive insurance industry
• It works to reduce the number of vehicle crashes, the rate of injuries and amount of property damage in those crashes that still occur
• It carries out research and produces ratings for popular passenger vehicles as well as for certain consumer products such as child car booster seats

Some of the TRW active and passive safety technologies featured on chosen vehicles include:

• Electronic stability control (ESC): combines antilock brakes and traction control and adds a yaw stability function to help reduce the possibility of a loss of vehicle control caused by skidding, sliding, oversteer / understeer or panic braking when the vehicle’s tires are on two different surfaces, such as a patch of ice and dry pavement
• Electric park brake: enhances vehicle safety, driver comfort and convenience and is a fully integrated part of the brake system that also allows for emergency brake control. When combined with TRW’s ESC system, emergency braking is executed allowing for stop functionality, if required
• Side airbags: help protect the thorax, abdomen and pelvic area of the occupant and have an efficient initiating time and rapid airbag positioning
• Curtain airbags: protect up to three rows of passengers in side and rollover accidents. When coupled with a rollover sensor and TRW’s unique cold gas inflator, the curtain airbag can help protect passengers in a rollover accident for up to six seconds
• Knee airbags: cover the impact area at the lower part of the instrument panel and help to provide harmonized occupant kinematics and positioning, while reducing and / or balancing chest and lower limb loads
• Electric power steering: reduces CO2 emissions by only consuming power when steering assist is needed and requires 90 percent less energy than conventional power steering. The system also offers premium performance across a wide range of vehicle platforms
  

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