Volvo Prefers Prevention Over Cure

Volvo’s Connected Safety Technology Can Now Alert Drivers in Case of an Accident on the Road.

You’re driving along a winding rural road. It is impossible to see further than the road ahead. Suddenly, your Volvo alerts you that an accident has occurred. As you calmly deceler and take the next turn, you see a crash on your lane. Thanks to the warning, you were prepared and able to react proactively.

With the new accident alert, Volvo introduces another pioneering connected safety feature in its vehicles. For the first time, cars can directly notify drivers of an accident on the road using real-time data from a traffic management center. This feature will be available in compatible Volvo vehicles in Europe, starting with Denmark.

In order to help drivers avoid collisions and traffic jams caused by accidents, the function is designed to trigger an instant alert when a road accident has occurred within a few hundred meters. Location data is provided by national authorities responsible for road safety and compatible vehicles, beginning with other Volvo vehicles.

An Evolving Environment

Volvo’s connected safety technology, introduced in 2016, uses cloud-based real-time data. It allows Volvo vehicles to communicate with each other and alert drivers of slippery road conditions or nearby dangers. Similarly, drivers can now be notified of accidents on the road at any time of day.

In the future, more traffic data shared by other partners of the European ecosystem Data for Road Safety can be integrated, including national traffic management centers from other countries and vehicles of other brands.

For Volvo vehicle owners, it is easy to contribute to road safety by opting to share data: simply enable it from the vehicle’s central screen. The vehicle will then be capable of warning the driver about an accident on the road using hazard lights on the dashboard and, if available, the head-up display. Only essential information will be shared with other vehicles, and data will be anonymized to ensure privacy.

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