In the Soviet Union, cars were also tested for passive safety, but the conditions were very different then: no crushing of barriers with partial overlap, directly against a concrete wall, frontal impact with 100% overlap.
In addition to the frontal impact test, there are others: rear impact simulation and rollover … But yes, the safety requirements for a car back then were much lower than today. However, the footage released is very impressive.
They have been collected in an overview video on the Auto World Youtube channel, which we bring to your attention. Muscovites of different models, UAZ-452 “loaf” and UAZ-469 (now – Hunter model), experimental bus Yunost, representative ZIL, two generations of Volga and others … But it is better to see for yourself.
Perhaps only VAZ products are ignored in the clip, but it is worth returning to them in a separate article. What is striking is that hitting a concrete cube in those years was by no means always particularly painful for the car.
But the consequences for people, if they find themselves in such conditions, would in many cases be fatal. Soviet metal is really strong, but the extreme impact energy goes straight into the cabin.
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