ELECTRIC
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FIAT PUNTO TRAINING OUTLINE
Fiat Auto S.p.A.
After Sales Training
9.7 Airbag system
9.7.1 General remarks
The safety performance ensured by Nuova Punto result from accurate combination between
the structural components and the high number of special devices that make up the
occupant’s protection system:
- head-on collision;
- back collision;
- side collision;
- overturning.
All of this results in better performance levels than the prescribed ones, with virtually zero
occupant injury risk.
Head-on collision
Two types of vehicle head-on collisions are taken into consideration: one head-on collision at
a speed of 64 k.p.h. against a deformable barrier, (typical of a head-on collision between two
vehicles); one head-on collision at a speed of 56 k.p.h. against a fixed, rigid barrier, (typical of
a collision against a fixed, rigid obstacle).
Nuova Punto is capable, in case of head-on collision, of retaining the load located in the
luggage compartment which may hit the passengers seriously if not properly secured.
Side collision.
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Nuova Punto ensures front and rear passenger safety during high-speed side collisions by
means of two main types of test: a crash that simulates a collision between two vehicles at a
speed of 50 k.p.h., and a crash against fixed obstacles of small side dimensions such as trees
or posts (which represents the most dangerous type of collision to a vehicle’s driver or
passengers. Thanks to the sturdy structural construction and the use of energy-absorption
highly-efficient materials, the intrusion levels for this type of test have proved to be very low on
