Our
priority

Safety

Renault Trucks is particularly sensitive to its responsibilities
as a manufacturer and has thus made safety one of its top priorities

Renault Trucks pays very special attention to safety conditions in its trucks, both for drivers and road users, with a dual objective of prevention and protection.

Safety involves a number of points such as:

  • improved road holding, braking, slowing, vision and ergonomics
  • the development of anti-run guards
  • improvement in automatic systems taking over control of the vehicle to help the driver in risk situations
  • the fight against loss of vigilance
  • protection of the driver and other cab occupants
  • protection of the vulnerable users.

Renault Trucks leads different actions to raise public awareness about the importance of sharing peacefully the highway

From the heavy goods vehicle to the intelligent truck

Today, electronic control braking system technologies (EBS) mean optimal reactivity. Dynamic control enhances truck handling, and prevents over-turning and, in the case of articulated vehicles, jack-knifing.

In the future, rear-view mirrors with integrated cameras and sensors and cameras to cut out blind spots will help the driver to maintain maximum vigilance.
Finally, devices allowing better interactivity between the driver and his vehicle are still available:

  • adaptive cruise-control (ACC), which will ensure sufficient safety distances between vehicles
  • Lane Keeping, which will enhance handling.

Passive safety is also an issue, and comfort and cab design (elimination of blunt forms, air bags, seat belts, reinforced cab structure…) are also permanently under scrutiny to minimise the seriousness of any accidents that do happen.