Old Car vs Modern Car during Crash Test / Evolution of Car Safety

The first models and designs for automobiles were created in the 15th century by none other than Leonardo da Vinci, and the state of the global auto industry has evolved significantly since. First steam, to electric, gasoline, and today’s hybrids, the evolution of safety features in cars plays an essential role in reducing the once overwhelming number of injuries and damages resulting from auto accidents. Auto manufacturers have come a long way over the history of auto safety, paving the way for improved global safety standards.
Unfortunately, as a vehicle ages, a number of factors come into play that reduce the automobiles safety, aside from mechanical wear and tear. According to statistics, a driver is 10 times as likely to suffer fatal injuries in a collision while operating a 30-year-old vehicle versus a late model. The auto industry is continually working to improve the safety of current mechanisms, as well as developing and testing new ideas for safer vehicles. Developments in driving technology and new types of airbags have been prevalent just this year.
While the ultimate safe vehicle may be a long way off, American auto manufacturers have made significant strides in improving the overall security and protection a vehicles structure provides. Over the past 3 decades, fatal accidents in the U.S. have decreased by more than 1/5, a substantial decrease demonstrating immense progress in terms of the safety features in cars.
The need to revolutionize auto safety was not fully realized until the 1950s, when the first usable airbags were developed, among other safety mechanisms. Then, in 1970, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was created. The organization still uses the same name today, and continues its role in promoting and effectively executing driving safety regulations throughout the U.S. Whether creating new policies or revising existing regulations (at the state and federal level), the NHTSA and the United States have been true catalysts in the history of car safety.
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[@olo819]

How big was car speed in a video ?

[@xgame8888]

Hello do you have the music please ?

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

no

[@ALPHABYTE64]

Nice but small sample, too small

[@ALPHABYTE64]

New does not mean better

[@MirceaD28]

One question: Where did they managed to get the old cars in such great condition?!

[@rep100Luxio]

Kept around during their production lines

[@jurivlk5433]

They weren't in good condition, they just looked like to make you believe this crap story. Capitalism is always a lie!

[@dennyhuang240]

Juri Vlk oh lord you’re one of those people🙄

[@rafab2774]

Bought from old German Grandpa, always Garaged, once a week to church. Grandpa was crying by selling, but it was promised to take a proper care of his black pearl. Oops.

[@CarlosHenriqueNoronhadeAguiar]

Buy used ones

[@scavengerspc]

"They don't build them like they used to" Thank God for that.

[@MoarteaLunii]

Most people are talking about the looks and the reliable engines.

[@scavengerspc]

@@MoarteaLunii I wish I had a dime for every time I heard that because they said the cars were "all plastic".

[@MoarteaLunii]

@@scavengerspc Yeah, that's a rather stupid point. I meant most of the people who actually know about cars.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

@@MoarteaLunii engines are pretty reliable, maybe even more than before, it's just that cars have lots of electronics nowadays so more things to break.

[@epicrafter924boss6]

In that sense... absolutely YES!!!! (I mean i still like some old car exclusive features but if only they were a tad safer at least as an optional extra lol)

[@themancuniancandidate2744]

A colleague imported a late 50s Thunderbird from the US a few years back. It had a thin foam panel glued to the dash on the passenger side (and by thin I mean about 3mm thick). This was apparently a factory option for passenger safety, and was intended to cushion the passengers head in the event of a crash. Given that the car didn't have any seatbelts when it was built, I think we can safely say that crash protection in the 50s didn't consist of much more than wearing driving gloves and a stout pair of shoes.

[@ttww1590]

Dash pads saved a few teeth in parking lots.

[@StewieGriffin505]

I remember car commercials actually advertised the padded dash as a safety feature, and we believed it. I owned a 1960 Thunderbird and I currently own a 1962 Thunderbird. I have the original build sheet and the car basically has every upgrade, including A/C at $600 and leather seats at about $400. However, they did not purchase the front seatbelts for $40! It has the anchors so you can add aftermarket belts to the front easily but the rear requires some drilling. I am also a member of a Thunderbird club, and old guys in it are convinced that these cars are built like tanks and will destroy anything on the road. I'm getting rid of mine because I just do not like driving it in modern high speed traffic with drum brakes in the front that fade out and are also pretty worthless in the rain.

[@jmr-marc]

@@StewieGriffin505 If you can find a buyer or a pigeon !

[@beardedgaming3741]

they had commercials made to demonstrate the exceptional safety of those dash pads. they dropped eggs on them to show how they would not break and thus you would be more protected in a crash. no one thought to ask... i shit you not. the eggs were hard boiled... brilliant marketing

[@skylined5534]

Driver protection in the 50s: 'DON'T CRASH, STUPID!"

[@jamesw1659]

As an old car buff, I refer my fellow car-loving friends to the IIHS video of the Malibu and Bel Air crash (contained in this video) when they start getting a little too whiny about modern cars. People lose perspective, or simply never thought about how modern cars are superior in virtually every respect (except price) to their ancestors. I love that old iron, but I don't lie to myself about the level of engineering that went into them, versus what is embodied in a modern vehicle.

[@markgigiel2722]

Except for transmissions. THEY ALL crap out at 100K and cost 5K to fix. Except for Toyota.

[@jamesw1659]

@@markgigiel2722 It’s funny you’d say that...the only trannies I’ve ever had to rebuild were vintage. A couple of manuals, a Ford C4, and a Mopar 727. On the other hand, I have a car with a ZF 6-speed automatic with over 300K on it. Although I did have an Acura that cr*pped our at about 130K...for which they paid 3/4 of the rebuild cost. The best modern boxes are far better than the oldies. The best vintage automatics, like the Turbo-Hydramatic 400 were very strong (center shaft support bearing, oversized clutch packs), but were limited to direct third gear, and were comparatively inefficient. They also were relatively dumb, with only fluidic shift logic, while today, the control computer does rev-matched downshifts... The better modern transmissions are far stronger than even the best from back in the day. The problems start when a manufacturer insists on using a box that is too light-duty, or has known issues, like the Ford Powersh*t...excuse me, Powershift. There are other, similar examples.

[@SkvalaGaming]

That's true. Many people tend to see older cars as more tough and robust, which is not true at all.

[@markgigiel2722]

@@jje984 Walking or bicycling is even worse. You aren't protected at all. Better to never leave the house.

[@mkshffr4936]

Price, maintainability, visibility, privacy (no internet connected cars in my youth)

[@bitofvenom107]

Ah the good 'ol days when the driver was part of the crumple zone.

[@christinaandwena8917]

Haha

[@gosiamichalczyk7179]

@@christinaandwena8917 l

[@brucehart4627]

Sometimes you can get lucky and use the other person's crumple zone

[@weldonyoung1013]

So, are modern car better for avoiding obesity?

[@Justwantahover]

Without a seat belt (in case he's lucky enough to be thrown out).

[@canaldoectomorfobarrigudo]

I can't believe they crashed a Bel Air.

[@turnpiketumbler8938]

He ain't walking out of that one!

[@grandicellichannel]

I cried. Such a beautiful one too.

[@ragnew7411]

No wonder it didn't do well in the test it was rotted out look at the rust flying around

[@JoshuasRecordings]

Don't worry to much about it. If you look closely it was rusted out with no engine or transmission. That's why it crumbled.

[@andrewmckenzie4420]

That was dust from 60 years of being around, not rust

[@type17]

The Rover 100 (formerly called the Mini Metro) dates from 1980 as a bodyshell design, and the test shown above finished it as a model, as sales fell off a cliff when people were reminded just how dated it was. Likewise the '98 Fiesta is based on a bodyshell launched in 1989. The point is, when thinking of safety, consider how old the design is, rather than the year of manufacture of the example you're considering buying. Another issue is that many bodyshells of that era were not designed with airbags in mind, and when they were fitted in later years, they were of lesser benefit, as the bodyshell didn't hold them aligned with the passengers' heads, as in the Rover test. A real problem with driving older, "crumple-zone" cars these days is that newer, "stiffened-for-airbags" cars are everywhere, and make mincemeat of them in old vs. new crashes, whereas they might have done a bit better against another crumple-zone car of the same era.

[@idrisddraig2]

Many if not all the older cars were some of the worst of their generation. Fr example A MK2 Golf would fair much better than the fiesta, dispite being older.

[@gianmariavolonte4315]

0:23 I couldn't concentrate on the Nissan crash. I was too busy watching the Nissan emblem make an escape.

[@juliannavarro3440]

That looked too perfect lol

[@fantastic_cousins5467]

@@juliannavarro3440 *_-Too Perfect to be true-_*

[@slapshotjack9806]

A Ford Escape 😏

[@SovaySovay]

After my Nissan crash I found the emblem somewhere up the road, I still have it 😂

[@VictorMartinez-iv2iy]

Cause of death? 1959 Chevy Bel Air dashboard lodged in throat lol

[@mrzoqo]

120 likes 0 comments lol

[@robloxfan4271]

2:59 that airbag is tottaly useless

[@easyka]

İt saves your left ear

[@kriskopx9542]

😱😱

[@matttimpson9606]

It is 😂😂

[@akbg]

That's the result of only testing impacts with full frontal barriers (like it was done back in the days) instead of partial overlap tests like this one. Manufacturers only improve on what they can sell

[@poiiihy]

lol yea the head went right past it

[@coco0_156]

2:59 the airbag does its job wonderfully 👌

[@mattropolis99]

Seeing one of these videos is what made me finally retire my old ‘93 car even though I loved it. They didn’t even do side impact and other tests back then. When they did test it, the NTSB rated side impacts as ‘poor’. Poor means that your door pushes into the side so hard that your head bounces off the other cars hood. I used to believe in a ‘big safe old car’ when it is far better to buy a little new car than even an old midsize car. I opted for a newer midsize car, front and side airbags, and never looked back.

[@E3ECO]

A lot of people seem to believe that. They should be made to watch this video.

[@slchance8839]

yeah. i agree. these kinds of videos are a real eye-opener for me. I dont understand cars....but i understand what i saw here. newer = safer no contest. i'm happy to find out i was wrong before it was too late.

[@davidparker9676]

@@E3ECO The GM test was fake. It was built with thinner reproduction parts. They wanted dramatic footage so they did what they needed to do to make it impactful.

[@homenseastronautas]

@@davidparker9676 yeah, right...

[@homenseastronautas]

@@E3ECO yeah, that happens a lot around here too (south america). People do believe old big cars are more safe than new ones.

[@mrbagitos]

It’s impressive how much car crash safety has improved in the last 30 years. Also sends a shiver down my spine seeing how poor the older cars fared that I was driving when I passed my test.

[@paulwhite6745]

I still own a Mark 4 Fiesta similar to the one in the last test. Owned it since 2001. Under no illusions that it's as safe as a modern car, but it's still a lot safer than the cars from the 60s and 70s that my dad drove around in.

[@ronnieg6358]

No car is 'safe' Crash a modern car into a concrete block at 70mph and all die. There is a lot of scaremongering about this. It's a minority of cars that are ever involved in a head on crash, often but not always the fault of the driver. People still die in modern cars

[@ianrutherford878]

@@ronnieg6358 It has become accepted.Most viable organs for transplants come from this.

[@trevhib]

@@ronnieg6358 The point of the head on crash is not about the frequency with which that type of accident happens, it's that it's one of the worst case scenarios. If they can encourage manufactuers to produce designs that can potentially preserve life even in those situations, then that's beneficial.

[@ronnieg6358]

@@trevhib Better to have more comprehensive training and suitability screening for drivers.

[@MohammedAhmed-qh9fz]

3:00 Ah yes .. the airbag would definitely save the passenger there

[@jonskhag]

yes it did!

[@romankovac6394]

Ěbpï⅚wew

[@channelending3117]

The airbag: alright ima head out

[@radu-pm6ye]

1 airbag FOR driver and pasaanger =}}}}}

[@coreykelly8926]

Lmao. It was still deploying as it sailed passed the drivers skull. Jesus i dont know how anyone survived accidents back then.

[@andrews420]

"They dont make em like they uses to." Yea, good.

[@grahamcross7887]

yeah, but I bet all those older cars will still run again. All those new ones are done for good. Older cars are meant to compress in a crash the only reason the older car accidents looked more fatal is because they did not have airbags.

[@441meatloaf]

@@grahamcross7887 OIder ones also dont have the newer technology for the crumple zone......just look at how the old one has the entire dash and steering wheel come flying at your head.....new cars are designed to collapse the entire front and steering so it doesnt get jammed into the driver.

[@AJ-zv9tn]

@@grahamcross7887 yeah and the whole damn car went into the drivers face which would've been fatal

[@nickjervis8123]

The 59 Chevy was an X frame. Try it again with a 57

[@TheGoldenutz]

@@grahamcross7887 no car is worth your life. Old car may still run afterwords but you'll be dead and unable to drive anyways

[@marcmckenzie5110]

This is a consumer “must see” video. I joke with friends when I hear the old “they sure don’t make cars like they used to”, by replying “thank God!” My daughter was in a head-on collision driving a 2013 Honda Fit - the other driver fell asleep on a freeway access road crossing onto the interstate from the opposite direction - and while her car was utterly annihilated, she escaped with relatively minor injuries. It’s all made obvious in this excellent video!

[@lederchaputa1545]

Estos autos está hechos para que toda la parte de adelante reciban el golpe y dejen la cabina donde está el conductor intacto,

[@storbokki371]

man, that hurt watching a 1959 Bel Air destroyed.

[@21stcenturyfossil7]

Be glad you weren't in the driver's seat.

[@storbokki371]

@@21stcenturyfossil7 I've been in a head-on about as bad as these while driving a pick-up truck. I had come to a full stop half on the shoulder when the other drive crossed the line and hit me. He literally was searching the passenger side floor for something not even looking or braking. The seat belt did it's job, but the problem was the car that shot under my bumper lifted the truck up and threw it backward. It was the top of my head contacting the roof that did the damage to my vertebra.

[@Dianenguyen12]

Same with that Nissan tursus

[@dvrchweesse1frfdozemkaanai594]

You won’t be even hurt when you’re inside and crash it

[@storbokki371]

@@dvrchweesse1frfdozemkaanai594 yes you would. no air bags and a steel dash they would scrape your face off of. And that's if you bought the seatbelts sold as extra. Otherwise you'd be launched through the windshield. Then there is the chance of being impaled on the steering column. I use to own a vintage car.

[@matttimpson9606]

The old fiesta’s passenger airbag is pretty good for an old car

[@jonny8860]

Also the Crash result of the old Fiesta is much better than the result of the old Honda

[@matttimpson9606]

Jonas92 that’s true!

[@matttimpson9606]

Jonas92 although the passenger airbag wasn’t standard in the fiesta here in the UK

[@martycrush6412]

Matt Timpson that metro was ok if you want to save your right arm🤣👍

[@matttimpson9606]

Marty Crush hahaha 😂 the airbag was crap!

[@rscambria5666]

Scary how the older cars crumble. So much respect for all the scientists and engineers who’ve done so much for car safety

[@marktwain2053]

And, it only took them several decades, and hundreds of thousands of fatalities.

[@sxoresx]

​@@marktwain2053I don't get how safety wasn't priority at first anyway, the sides are still not well protected imho though better than in the past

[@TheMarkSasuke64]

I showed my mother this video and she changed her mind on the spot about "don't make 'em like they used to." Obviously some products are made weaker, but I'm glad that car safety was a priority, despite layman opinions about how easily they're crumpled.

[@thefinalroman]

too bad they cheated by using heavier new cars vs lighter old ones. Do a square body suburban vs a prius next...

[@baums547]

@@thefinalroman The 1959 Bel Air and 2009 Malibu both weigh about 3500 pounds. As to the Suburban vs Prius, of course a much larger and heavier car will fare better than a smaller lighter car.

[@FawfulDied]

@@thefinalroman Weight isn't everything, the Wrangler for example did worse in the IIHS side impact test than many sedans.

[@user-sf7kl9uh7k]

The whole Old Cars Are Safe thing is total BS

[@kunal_265]

Me: we gotta have Airbag in our Car Mom: But we do have Airbag in our car 2:58 Airbag in our car

[@RicoBanify]

Phahaha! 😂

[@ramoncandido2433]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@keisuketakahasi4584]

idk why they even made an airbag in this car.. it seems so pointless lol

[@rospincasocl3741]

middle rear passenger airbag

[@NAZ-hl5dt]

Why the dummy missed to hit the airbag 🤣

[@kubol1909]

The nissan logo just chillin 0:44

[@iwannabeawitch]

I would keep that

[@poundlandspeedwagonrequiem]

*Nissan* Innovation that excites™️

[@kevinrosalesvanella93]

So i guess that's why their logos are now inside a transparent plastic thing, like a dissected butterfly

[@thewirah1]

Both amazing and terrifying. Kudos to our engineers and regulators.

[@raylopez99]

Sad but true, since most consumers would, absent government regulation, opt for price over safety. Just look at the fools who refuse to take a free Covid-19 vaccine, and end up in an emergency room later, costs to be born by the rest of us (higher insurance and/or taxes).

[@nicnaciswack8681]

@@raylopez99 this has zero to do with the over politicized mess we call covid

[@noahbaden90]

As an engineer, design a failure mode. If you fail to do this, one will be assigned for you.

[@ibooogeymani9380]

Rest in peace to the ones who were killed in automobile accidents due to lack of safety specs.

[@ligametis]

At least they drove more beautiful cars than modern hideous ones.

[@xXqUiCkScOuPeRXxHDx]

@M J thats crazy

[@brucedickinson8993]

Ayrton Senna

[@JYMAHJAMES]

@@brucedickinson8993 This hurt 😞

[@migold8309]

@@ligametis bruh

[@markw208]

Those pesky “government regulations” look pretty good.

[@MaestroTJS]

To be fair, though, many of these tests which pushed the envelope were outside the government sphere, like the IIHS tests in the US. NHTSA's tests were weaker.

[@awesomeone2979]

It's still no excuse to make the cars ugly. A car can have the beautiful looks of cars from the 50s and have the safety of modern cars. No excuse.

[@cunt1868]

ok bootlicker

[@killakannon3038]

Ok you can keep the UglyAir, give me a new car. Also don't complain when your spine gets broken as a result of a mild crash.

[@psnmadracer27]

@@awesomeone2979 not exactly. Safety regulations often drive car design. For instance, there are specific dimensional requirements, meant to reduce injury during collisions with pedestrians. Disappearing B pillars are also a thing of the past because rigidity is extremely important in modern regulations.

[@teekay_1]

This is cool because it shows the recent engineering advances provided by dynamic computer modelling, but it would be even more interesting to see a 2000 model versus a 2020 model to see if advances plateaued 20 years ago

[@gutolodi]

E falam que os carros antigos são mais resistentes a colisão, incrível como os novos modelos absorvem mais o impacto, fora o airbag que protege bem nesses casos. Great video

[@henningquast8456]

As a firefighter I can tell you how little fun it is to rescue someone out of a car looking like the old cars in the video. It’s less work to cut him out but the injury’s are way worse. And depending on the circumstances you can still get crash results with modern cars looking like the old ones. I don‘t won‘t to imagine how the old cars would‘ve looked like in this situation.

[@gravemind6536]

60mph in any car is definitly going to be serious don't you would fair well even in a Volvo XC90.

[@DanRyzESPUK]

These accidents were at mild speed. If you crash at 130 km/h or 80 miles/h you´ll be smush either way.

[@Maakola77]

@@DanRyzESPUK If you are crashing head on at 130 km/h (motorway), something has gone really wrong though. Except if someone is speeding real bad on a country road..

[@DanRyzESPUK]

@@Maakola77 Bad news, things go wrong sometimes. And many frontal crashes occur in one lane roads when overtaking (typical 100 kms/h) so not that "rare".

[@zolikoff]

Basically modern cars are built to pass the crash tests specifically. How well they do in a real crash depends entirely on how similar to the test conditions a real crash is.

[@shteve5143]

"I can't believe they're crashing all these beautiful vintage ca-... Oh my gawd, get these death traps off the road!" lol

[@sivachandru1006]

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[@leusername]

Siva Chandru, he is speaking the language of gods

[@kesmic6960]

RUSSIAN language

[@MoarteaLunii]

Or you could not get into an accident.

[@andrew02alex]

Well if your a good driver you don’t need to worry lol

[@jwgmail]

I would love to see a video on the mechanics of crumple zones and how they dissipate all that energy, etc. It's truly amazing.

[@duckbizniz663]

Considering the 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air is a much heavier car (higher momentum, greater kinetic energy) with a lot more steel, and yet the 2009 Chevy Malibu passenger cabin stayed intact and protected its test dummy with deployed airbags. In the 1959 Chevy Bel Air the steering column and dashboard were driven back into the test dummy and the passenger cabin was badly compromised. This is a testament to safety engineering. The monocoque body with crumple-zone design of the 2009 Chevy Malibu outperformed the body-on-frame design of the 1959 Chevy Bel Air even though the monocoque body of the 2009 Malibu use less steel, weigh less, and more fuel efficient. Engineers are amazing human beings.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

"They don't build them like they used to..." Good!

[@RCmaniac667]

Bad

[@davidg8628]

That's what I always think, if a can avoid driving a death trap I will.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

@@davidg8628 Haha , my insurance agent said he gets the chills thinking about me driving my 91 Jetta with no airbags whatsoever 😆

[@baruchjauregui188]

Well modern cars are built so that the car takes the impact rather than the passenger in case of an accident

[@nenezaze3252]

@@MrTheHillfolk They want you to pay more for insurance for a new model, gucking bastards...

[@h8GW]

Recent car: Slight to no intrusion into the occupant survival space. Old car: What survival space?

[@cessposter]

Dumb drivers are sent to the G O D D I M E N S I O N

[@AmDrag5]

old car: driver is the crumple zone

[@StevenBara]

It's really heartwarming how much those car companies care about their customers, building in all those safety features after they have been forced by la... wait, hold on a second!

[@Milesco]

😄😅😂

[@peters972]

Excellent progress

[@nityanand4581]

Airbag : Opens Steering : Flies Away

[@EngiNetion]

Bruh that was a clean Bel Air

[@rohancharles5541]

Ikr

[@arunparkin2552]

It could've been an old test car or something. I saw a picture of both the cars standing in a museum so it still survives to this day.

[@compu85]

@@arunparkin2552 They bought the car specifically for this test. Their statement was something like "We wanted a nice original car, but not a museum piece".

[@beegxxc9832]

@@arunparkin2552 there was some article with the previous owner who said he didn't know were buying it for crash test.

[@brentboswell1294]

Probably came from an estate sale, it was sitting in Grandpa's garage when he passed away...

[@wojtas123415]

Pure science, thank you engineers for making life saving solutions!

[@Mabeylater293]

Blame the managers for the delay.

[@DeGlennen]

To be fair the Rover 100 used at 2:32 scored badly because it was an update on a car originally designed in the late '70's (Austin Metro). Even in comparison to other cars back in the '90's it scored badly.

[@gravemind6536]

It was the worst car ever in NCAP testing history the Fiat Sciento was a close 2nd I'd imagine.

[@ianclaudio777]

Nissan Tsuru armadilha mortal Old Fiesta did pretty well for his age showing a good development

[@ArthurB]

Vc misturou as línguas 😂😂

[@imperiodobrazucaball1236]

O maluco misturou as línguas kkk

[@billylawuk]

BeamNG Drive was so good they made it into a real thing!

[@halomaster213]

n5vBill nah bro that’s just a concept of what beamNG 2 will look like. Coming 2033.

[@leamigo2937]

@@halomaster213 they never announced beamng 2 :I

[@awmin2145]

thanks for sharing this

[@FordPinto973]

Fun fact: the 59 bel air had NO ENGINE, they did this so people believe the new plastic junk is "safer" then the old cars made out of real steel....

[@chocolatemonster07]

"They don't make them like that anymore" in this case maybe that's a very good thing

[@affansonicfan]

1:50 the guy in the bel air looks like he's wearing a "make america great again" hat lol.

[@ericgu9036]

Ok?

[@briannac2231]

@@ericgu9036 ok?

[@gravemind6536]

My 1st introduction to crash test safety were the 1st cars I researched childhood heroes. The 1997 VW Polo, the 1999 Mercedes C class and a 2003 VW Golf. The 1999 Mercedes was the most unsafe of the 3 cars with it being based on the early 90s C class even with airbags it was useless. The 1997 VW Polo also built on the same kind of early 90s platform whilst not great was better than the Mercedes C class. The 2003 VW Golf MK4 that I first sat inside during 2008 was the 1st car I sat in where I could feel somewhat safe having watched the crash test knowing that the worse case scenario was serious but not life threatening injuires. In my 2016 Toyota Auris I have little risk of serious injuries and virtually no risk of death. 20 years is all it took for cars to go from death traps to being virtually death proof.

[@enemycrab9229]

bangin music though (amongst all the horrific destruction)

[@rebel4446]

2:59 airbag is like i'm done your'e on your own boii

[@Nimmo1492]

The only thing the Rover's airbag did was deflect the driver's head into the A-pillar!

[@oddities-whatnot]

Nimmo1492 Rover Metro was an awful car. Me and two mates went camping in Cornwall in one 30 years ago.

[@theroach1822]

That rover crash just made me feel sick!

[@nickfoord712]

Apparently this test made Rover decide to stop building them.

[@TotallyAHuman]

One of the front passengers doesn't even get an airbag!

[@jonathanharris4384]

Remember though that the Rover 100 was basically an updated Mini Metro, which was launched in 1980

[@mokumshardest]

The most surprising to me is not how much the modern cars have improved , because when you drive a newer car you clearly notice that it is much better in every way . What i am shocked about is how UNSAFE the cars were back then . I mean my mom used to own one of those 1988 ford fiesta's and back then they were considered safe cars. While on the crashtest it looked absolutely awfull . Looks like u could get serious injuries from that crash ,maybe even die from it. As in the modern Fiesta really looks like a safe car now .

[@samfromportadown]

I remember seeing a bumper sticker on an older car once, that said "No Airbags - We Die Like Real Men"

[@shafiqxl]

The difference is newer cars have enchanced cockpit protection which means when the frontal part of the car collapses in the crash, the mighty force from that impact does not reach the windscreen or the leg space but if they had used this concept with older cars, we could still drive them today.

[@Kspice9000]

It's also because modern cars are meant to crumple in front and rear. Where as back then this wasn't known. So built them to be sturdy up all around. Problem with that is that is it makes cabin the ideal zone to absorb impact

[@Faza_M]

The bel air are in working restored condition (with very minimal rust and good frame) they bought it for $8500, the dust when the car crashed are not rust its a road dirt

[@Gavichap]

Right. But the professional tin-foil conspirationists will still bleat it is "rigged". YT 'university' crowd is what it is.

[@capitainebonhomme1609]

Should be illegal to crash the Bel air 1959

[@edwardschmitt5710]

@@Gavichap PROVE it genius...or are you just typing stuff? I remember crashing into plenty of shit in my parents 1983 Buick LeSabre. Didn't even dent the big chrome bumber. Took out: a fence, a bush, and two small trees. You don't need "crumple zones" and "airbags" in a TANK!!!!!

[@theaylesburycyclist8756]

I love how the modern car just drove straight through the Chevrolet Bel Air. Literally...!!

[@edwardschmitt5710]

yeah what happened to the Bel Air's steel frame?

[@sludge8506]

@@edwardschmitt5710 The X frame?

[@peace5655]

Great videos !

[@smartphonemaster3705]

Wow how improved by time! We forget to appreciate new norms!

[@georgspaju513]

Forget the music I want to hear the sound of impact

[@SecretPesch]

@Green Mills hahaha i was expecting a huge sound like the normal accidents on streets, not 2 hotwheels crashing

[@-m.d.n-9019]

@@SecretPesch lol. It sound like a toy car crash.

[@sareth90]

@@-m.d.n-9019 you obviously didn't ever assist or be in a car accident.... What can I say, lucky you, but is not a very loud event, only if the driver breaks hard there will be the screeches of the tires but the impact is not that loud and last a sec.

[@hisss]

@@sareth90 I've been in several, can confirm what you say. Brakes, screeching tyres, engine noise, all that makes it a lot louder and more dramatic. The actual impact is not that loud.

[@magburner]

2:56 The airbag on that Metro... It might as well not even been there! lol

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

The 1992 Tsuru doesn't react to an offset frontal too differently from a late-'50s Bel Air - Incredible to see much of the improvements in car safety have actually been carried out in relatively recent years: mind the Benz Patentwagen, widely considered to be the first actual automobile, had been build in 1886, which means passive safety have improved much more in the first decade of NCAP testing than in the previous over-one-Century period!

[@heikopanzlaff3789]

The steering column did not protrude into the interior like on that Bel Air.

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@heikopanzlaff3789 Also different countries have different laws about safety, and the Tsuru was a car made for those countries who didn't give a damn

[@eliseogrifaldo8898]

That Tsuru is from 2015 produced in Mexico

[@derJackistweg]

GREAT IDEA to publish that! All automotive media cries about cars getting heavier - here's why! Don't get me wrong, I love older car's for their style and ease to work on - but I also have driven several 100k on autobahn and old cars are just so weak. For city traffic ok, but...

[@warriormaiden9829]

Kinda curious as to what cars you were driving. My '87 Crown Vic was still hitting 80 mph no sweat in 2014. Didn't start complaining until we hit around 100-110. Could also tow a fully loaded two-horse trailer. (We often used it for moving.) Steep hills from a dead start on the other hand... She'd grumble at you all the way up. Old girl was quirky like that. XD

[@JakeDaBoss18]

Holy shit I'm glad those old cars are off the road. They're death traps.

[@pjacobsen1000]

I love the background music. If I ever get into a serious crash, I want that music to play in the background.

[@user-ff5nc1ci8j]

Наглядный пример того что современные машины безопаснее , а то многие кричат что раньше авто были крепче

[@Fabian-jh5bw]

Now that we know building a safe car is possible.. Can we go back to building beautiful and goodlooking cars now!

[@henryavery4461]

EXACLY!

[@sourmiIk]

there are lots of beautiful cars now but they're too expensive for normal people to buy them

[@michac.8283]

@@sourmiIk even expensive cars look very different from the old ones.

[@Gavichap]

Well, that Bel Air was NOWHERE beautiful. It looked like a sorry and bloated grannie's car like the Edsel from the very start.

[@abovethelaw4417]

Ok boomer , old cars are ugly

[@user-gx4ie7ox7z]

فيديورائع محقق نسبه الامان الحقيقية شكرا

[@Icecube095]

It's good to see how the safety has improved over the years, but what they didn't tell you is, that even today you have to drive carefully! Even a modern car would not withstand a full head-on collision against a grown tree for example and the chance of dying in an accident like that is still high! We should see modern cars as they improve more as "less likely to die" rather than being invincible like some drivers behave :-)

[@ianrutherford878]

Trucks and cell-phones on freeways/motorways/autobahn.Mad world.

[@AdiusOmega]

Imagine a future where a vehicle could slam into a tree @ 100mph and have the occupant survivability be high. It's only inevitable really as we one up the safety measures. I'd imagine in the future there won't be nearly as many accidents due to automation though.

[@jd2926]

WOW! We have come a long way in every aspect, safety, efficiency, features, technology and performance. Lets hope we continue to get better and better.

[@ianrutherford878]

Well, not really.The % injuries and deaths may have gone down, but the TOTALS RISE worldwide.

[@snutmeez]

20 years, alot of changes, saving lives.

[@BrandonNielsen87]

I was sitting in the back of my great grandpa’s Chevy Bel Air when I was a little kid. Thank goodness we never crashed. I mean, holy cow.

[@georgestaunton6994]

When I was in the UK, I would borrow a Ford Fiesta like the little black one from the dealer when my car was in for maintenance. SO GLAD I didn't wreck it now! I'd be dead.

[@ianislavus]

The best is 3:00 where head just MISSES the airbag! Omg! :D

[@cessposter]

What do you mean that's the rear passenger airbag

[@google_was_my_idea67yearsa45]

The driver one are you blind? He literally just flew across the driver bruh.

[@leonolanofficial4581]

When i saw that 50s car i cried

[@beaterbikechannel2538]

I died inside a bit too.

[@gtidan8467]

Really?! it's a polluting, dangerous old piece of crap best thing for it. Looking forward to swigging a cold drink from the can it's turned into

[@CJColvin]

@@gtidan8467 Boy you sound like a complete Typical modern car lover.

[@ivokiller2000intel]

@@gtidan8467 i never thougt i could disagree more with a YT comment

[@jimmy1395]

@Rata 4U No, they won't. They wouldn't know how to drive it in the first place. The buttons on the dashboard and on the steering wheel would be pretty confusing for them.

[@YRuut]

Merci c’est instructif et impressionnant.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

The way the A-pillar comes up to meet that guy's face.. 😱 Head on collisions back then must have nearly always been deadly..

[@zatouroff]

2:00 his clothes, those mirror dices. I present you, the coolest crash test mannequein on earth.

[@cessposter]

dummys got swag

[@fixthat3269]

RIP

[@boombox469]

Kudos to the engineers

[@MezabarbaBH]

0:10 - The Nissan Tsuru was manufactured until 2015, and this model was used in tests after its first tests when NCAP began testing with cars from Latin America (LatinNCAP). The model used in the test is from 2015, it is a real coffin on wheels.

[@DukeCronenwerth]

Sehr interessante Studien aus mehreren Blickwinkeln. Es geht also auch ohne Sabbelei

[@Francis81z]

But back in its days, these “dangerous” cars were praised for their safety.

[@653j521]

Francis Which should tell you what death traps there were 20 years before those cars to make them so good in comparison.

[@FockeWulfFW200]

It will probably happen exactly the same in another 20 years

[@steve00alt70]

@@FockeWulfFW200 cars wont exist in the next 50 years

[@legioner9]

@@FockeWulfFW200 It wont.

[@jurivlk5433]

@Francis: As they are today! They praise the crap they sell today and still millions of people die in these boxes of crap!

[@michaellyons3643]

Someone is doing something good with design these days.

[@miguelsalami]

Ahh the good ole days How did we all survive those Steel dash boards, No seat belts, No air bags & Steering Columns that didn't break away. Oh & those lovely bias ply tires can't forget those! LoL

[@robnation2475]

3:00 It's supposed to be a "Driver's Side Airbag" not "To the Side of the Driver Airbag" It's timed well with the music though.

[@annehaight9963]

And my father-in-law still talks about how much "better" cars were in the old days, because they took a hit better. Which 1) is not even true, and 2) the energy has to go somewhere.

[@bobcorman2436]

notice how they are always an offset crash. and not head on...

[@latsnojokelee6434]

In someways the cars did seem better in that they were more comfortable. The seats and the older cars were like sofa seats. I remember the Dodge Aspen seats were fantastically comfortable super padded. I miss that. But I don’t really miss the 20 gallon gas tank and the 10 miles per gallon.

[@FawfulDied]

@@bobcorman2436 Offset crashes are more common, because if a collision happens, one or both drivers usually still try to steer away. For the same reason, cars aren't crash tested at 80 mph vs 80 mph, since one or both drivers usually brake even if they don't successfully avoid the collision.

[@IamY00t]

I remember my parents throwing me in the backseat of a rusty Datsun in the 80s, no rear seatbelts.The only AC was a slight lowering of the side window that they rolled down to blow the cigarette smoke out of. Kids today have no idea in the backseat of a Tesla.

[@vejet]

Maybe they were thinking at least without the seatbelt you'll only be flung out of the car at a high rate of speed instead of being crushed by it 🤷‍♂️

[@Circuitssmith]

Thank goodness for progress.

[@ghahah1403]

@@vejet if you're in the back, how can you be flung out, you'll just smash against the headrest of the seats infront

[@latsnojokelee6434]

Don’t forget that in the 70s and early 80s when you bought a new car you took the seatbelts and you shoved them in between the cushions so that they would Be out of the way. And of course my favorite was the station wagon with the rear facing back bench seat where the kids sat literally looking face to face with the driver of the car behind them.

[@edwardschmitt5710]

@@latsnojokelee6434 I used to argue who would sit in the "well" with my sister in the 70's. That was the space behind the backseat of my dad's vw Bug.

[@maxpower111]

Thank You!

[@fromgermany271]

You just added a lot of favors to my 2019 Jag XE, compared to the so much nicer looking models of the 70s and 80s.

[@mjmayo970]

They should try and old Volvo or Saab from the 70s against one of the modern cars. They were built like tanks.

[@DashCamSerbia]

Like tanks, compared to the cars of the same era. Not to the modern cars.

[@jurivlk5433]

@@DashCamSerbia Also compared to modern cars! And even stronger were the full-size American cars from the 1970-1980 era! Believe me: These videos are fake. The Chevy Bel-Air is manipulated! I've seen real life accidents of 50s cars or even 1930s cars: They have no crumple zone, just a full steel heavy duty H-frame. They were built like trucks!

[@MrManBuzz]

@@jurivlk5433 Yes... And that's what makes them so dangerous to be inside when you have a crash. You don't want to be in a car "built like a tank" in a crash. Go spend some time studying physics.

[@Touho78]

In Finland there was an accident on a highway where an old Saab 900 drove against the traffic. Then It collided head on with a modern Vw Passat. The old Saab was completely destroyed and the elderly couple inside were killed instantly. The Passat occupants had only minor injuries.

[@azamchaudhri]

Crashing is not all about strength. Its how the energy is disappated. So being but like a tank can actually be more fatal with such a sudden and harsh impact.

[@jwalster9412]

When air bags were the air around you...

[@jogmas12]

I like the music and that 1959 Chevy belair didn’t stand a snow balls chance in the middle of August

[@bhayiu851]

Sometimes old is not gold 💯💯

[@cullensaquarium]

wow the interior shots of the 92 nissan are terrifying

[@emmmiilly3380]

Hit a stationary car at 100kms In a ol 93 Lancer (They pulled out onto highway then stopped..) No air bags no ABS and walked away with only a fracture…. Car took it very well, we are alive!!!!! 🙌🏻 Miss my baby.

[@jeffwygum3032]

Interesting - thanks!

[@fiatmies3852]

Some old cars are also unsafe when colliding with pedestrians. Just imagine how bad would it be for that pedestrian that bel air would crash into...

[@roberttucker805]

Problem is that the safer the cars become the more risks people take because they think airbags and abs will save them. I often drive a car made in 1967 and I'm more aware of the cars limitations and drive accordingly. But even in a modern no amount of safety features will be much good against a big truck or a tree.

[@NihadH]

The most basic rule of traffic safety is "It does not matter how careful you are as long as some others around you are not." In other words, some accidents can not be avoided no matter what you do or how you behave. Then what if the car can not save you!? Perhaps wear a thick stash of magical amulets around your neck? Yes some people believe that airbags and esp are magical but that is as flawed mindset as much as believing that extra careful driving provides immunity.

[@ignaciobenjamindebortoli7819]

Good old moral hazard... Yeah it's but I believe that effect is minimum as compared to the effect extra safety has. Also, what the other comment said, it's very often not your fault.

[@markwright3161]

@@ignaciobenjamindebortoli7819 If you ask those involved in the collision if they're at fault then you'll get that response, that none of them (in a majority of cases) are at fault, even though if you look at government and transport agency, etc stats (if you believe them) those involved the collision are almost always at fault for it happening in some way. As far as they're concerned, if you've ever been involved in a collision, you've played some part in, and are therefore to some degree at fault for it happening. Proper training in how to actually drive a car would go a lot further in reducing deaths and injuries on the road than any safety improvements will ever achieve. You could make every car on the road 1950's safety specs and you'll still have a fraction of the deaths and injuries currently happening if people were trained to drive correctly. The UK has some of the worlds best driver education/testing levels and I've only had to be driving a few years to realise how poor the UK driving test is, and it in it's current state still makes some other driving tests from around the world look like complete jokes, but these allow people to drive tonnes of metal down the road and through populated areas legally.

[@jurivlk5433]

@@NihadH Careful driving is 99% of the bill. Even modern cars can't handle accidents over 50 km/h so wearing amulets is more helpful than a five star NCAP rating. As a motorcycle rider you learn that you always must have a solution when someone else makes the error. Driving wisely, one can avoid 99.9999% of the dangerous situations -the rest is kismet.

[@yosharian]

I don't think you've understood the video...

[@vxllfire]

the a and b pillars would probably collide with each other if that tsuru was tested in the small overlap front. Maybe structural collapse on the rear passenger compartment too.

[@jb_666]

It's amazing how you can be in a pretty serious wreck these days with minimal injuries

[@ShariaLawAllDay]

It's amazing how since the dawn of the industrial revolution until 1998 the crash standards on almost all vehicles were trash, dreadful and had high mortality rates. Amazing how within a span of 22 years how much more focus was invested on safety and now we are reaping the results. We are really blessed to be driving these vehicles today.

[@jebrengl]

@Bulgarian Lion prove it

[@cert9111]

@Bulgarian Lion older cars were more rigid true, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's more safe for the occupants inside. New Cars are built to collapse into hundreds of pieces so the energy taken during impact is mostly absorbed by the less rigid body, letting it fall into pieces. That way less energy is given to the occupants inside giving them increased survival chance, then you've got other safety features aswell to top it off.

[@dbclass4075]

@Bulgarian Lion A lot can be found on Russian dashcams.

[@samueltaylor9935]

@Bulgarian Lion my boi here don't understand energy dispersion lol. You do realize if you crash a really sturdy car you just splat onto the dashboard right? with our modern engineering principals cars crumple in a way that minimizes the impact energy to your body buy shattering the car.