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Safety Initiatives

Basic Approach to Safety

Basic Approach to Safety

Basic Approach to Safety

Mazda's aim is to achieve a safe and accident-free automotive society from the three viewpoints of vehicles, people, and roads and infrastructure.To this end, Mazda is making efforts in safety initiatives.

Three Viewpoints of Safety Initiatives
  • For more details on Mazda's basic approach to safety, see here

Mazda's Safety Initiatives and Primary Safety Technologies

Category
Accident reduction
   Injury reduction Support after accident
*for certain models only

Accident prevention
(Active Safety technology)

 Mitigation of risk/damage from the accident
(Pre-Crash Safety technology)		 Minimizing injuries in accidents
(Passive Safety technology)
Vehicles
(Setting status of Safety Technologies depends on market, model, and grade.)

Alerts drivers to potential danger

  • Monitoring systems for vehicles approaching from behind on either side: Blind Spot Monitoring (BSM)/Rear Vehicle Monitoring (RVM) system
  • Emergency Signal System (ESS)
  • Lane Departure Warning System (LDWS)*1
  • Front Obstruction Warning (FOW)*1

Supports to avoid danger

  • Brake assist and EBS
  • 4-wheel antilock braking system (4W-ABS)
  • Dynamic Stability Control (DSC)
  • Brake Override System (BOS)
  • Acceleration Control for AT (additional function of SCBS)*2

Provides driving support

  • Parking assist system
  • Intelligent Drive Master (i-DM)

Supports both safety and 'Driving Pleasure'

  • SKYACTIV-CHASSIS: A newly developed front strut and rear multi-link suspension system; a lightweigt cross member with high rigidity
  • Inter-car distance control feature: Mazda Radar Cruise Control System
  • Adaptive Front Lighting System (AFS)
  • High Beam Control (HBM)*2
  • Power windows with injury prevention function
  • Water-repellent window glass
  • Improved front field vision*2
  • Organ-style accelerator pedal*2

Minimizes damage in an accident

  • Smart Brake Support (SBS)*1
  • Smart City Brake Support (SCBS)*2

Helps to protect drivers/passengers in accidents

  • SKYACTIV-BODY: Straightened the basic frame and continuous framework, multi-load path structure
  • Curtain and front airbags
  • Soft interior to absorb impacts
  • Seats designed to reduce impacts to the neck / rear seats that resist against luggage flying forward
  • Pre-tensioners and load-limiter seatbelts
  • Collapsible brake pedal
  • ISO-FIX-compliant child seat anchoring point
  • Impact-absorbing steering column

Minimizes damage in an accident with pedestrians

  • Impact-absorbing bumpers
  • Impact-absorbing hood
  • Active hood*3

Automatically sends information about current location
(Mazda G-BOOK ALPHA)

  • HELPNET
  • G-Security
People Safety education
  • Safety-related exhibitions at the Mazda Museum
  • Traffic safety awareness quiz website for children
  • Presentation of safety technologies at various events
Roads and infrastructure Initiatives for a safe society
  • Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
  • Smart Traffic Flow Control
  • ITS Spot services
  • ASV-5*2
  • Road-vehicle communication ITS (DSRC)*2
  • *1Technologies will be launched into New Atenza/Mazda6 in last half of 2012.
  • *2Technologies or initiatives introduced or applied in FY March 2012
  • *3Pedestrian protection system which raises the rear end of the hood in the event of an accident to reduce impact to pedestrian's head (Launched with upgraded Mazda Roadster (MX-5) in Japan).
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