Press Release: Testing found distinguishes BMW Help Advanced eCall as a pioneering safety technology across crash test requirements – The only emergency call system in Europe that BMW ConnectedDrive provides for all BMW models – Award conferred at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

Munich. Post-obit the well-nigh contempo awards of 5 stars for the BMW five Series sedan and the BMW X1 in crash tests, the Munich premium automobile manufacturer has now been distinguished past the condom testing establish Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) with a special award for the BMW Assistance Avant-garde eCall, the avant-garde emergency call system with automatic localisation and blow severity detection.

Awarded for the commencement fourth dimension, the Euro NCAP Advanced Honour distinguishes pioneering technologies in the field of vehicle rubber and occupant protection that extend beyond the crash test requirements best-selling throughout Europe. The award ceremony will exist held on Fri, i Oct 2010 at the Paris Motor Testify in Paris.

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With its Euro NCAP Advanced Honour, this institution funded past European governments, automobile clubs, and insurance companies is expanding its cess procedure to include safety technologies that take yet to be taken upward in the crash tests. As explained past Euro NCAP'south Secretary General Dr. Michiel van Ratingen, the key objective of the award is to educate consumers on the advantages of innovative safety systems in cars. In this respect, the focus of interest is placed on innovations that contribute straight to reducing the number of deaths on the road. The BMW Assist Advanced eCall is a unique system on the European car market for the early alert and comprehensive information of emergency services in the outcome of a collision. It forms part of the mobility services provided by BMW ConnectedDrive bachelor in the BMW Assist package for all current BMW models.

Launched in 1997 in the The states and two years afterward in Europe, this technology automatically contacts a BMW telephone call middle directly later on an accident, creating the optimal conditions for the fast and targeted deployment of emergency services. The BMW telephone call center and then reroutes the emergency phone call directly to the emergency services closest to the accident site. Since 2008, Help Advanced eCall, at present available in Germany, Austria, Italia, and French republic, also allows the manual of additional data. The emergency services of many European countries can at present receive these data that, in addition to the precise position and details of the vehicle model and colour, also contain data on the occupants, the number of activated airbags, the intensity of the collision, and the predicted severity of injuries.

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The data on crash type and severity are analysed by an algorithm developed by BMW scientists for calculating the run a risk of injuries to the occupants. On the forcefulness of this information the emergency services can prepare in good fourth dimension and provide acceptable medical intendance to the accident victims. In improver, the system also allows the commuter of a BMW to initiate the emergency telephone call manually, for instance to alert emergency services to other route users. In this manner, Assist Advanced eCall is an effective contribution to saving the lives of accident victims.

The Euro NCAP Advanced Laurels is a supplementary award for the assessment of vehicles that have achieved at least three stars in the testing institute'southward crash test. The first recipient of this honor is therefore the BMW 5 Series sedan certificated with 5 stars. Launched in March 2010, this model could convince the testers with its extensive standard safety equipment and highly effective occupant protection for a range of standoff types. Achieving excellent results for the protection of both adult and kid occupants and of pedestrians, this business sedan therefore ranks at the peak of its segment in terms of safety too. Furthermore, the new BMW v Series sedan is the very first vehicle at all to be awarded 100% for its comprehensive prophylactic equipment in the Euro NCAP crash test.

[Source: BMW ]