Model of designing safe automobiles and strategies for preventing traffic accidents

• 1、China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

Abstract：Through analyzing Volvo’s safety design, its merits and flaws can be found out and thus a designing process of automobiles with greater safety features can be reached. According to the modern accident cause-and-effect theory, the direct causes of traffic accidents are unsafe behaviors and unsafe conditions，so one of the most immediate and effective methods of preventing traffic accidents is to improve the safety related function of automobiles. Based on the above two aspects, a design safety model was established to direct the automobile safety function. Thus it can regulate the unsafe behaviors on both driver’s and passenger’s part in order to prevent traffic accidents. Effective strategies for preventing traffic accidents can also be reached by further discussion about the model.

Keywords： automobile safety traffic accidents modern accident cause-and-effect theory design model prevention strategies