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Body Structure The fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 uses ultra-high-tensile steel as well as aluminum construction in the body structure. I could not locate a table to explain the different materials used on the images below.  I safe assumption would the blue ...

The seat belt height adjuster is a common piece of equipment on passenger vehicles. The seat belt height adjuster can impede the cut of the upper b-pillar.

Here is a good look at the 2017 Jeep Renegade Body Structure. Look at the image below and then follow up with the crash test images. This will give you an idea one reason

Chances of seeing one of these vehicles is rare, responding to an accident scene with one is even rarer. Rolls-Royce only produces a few hundred of this model for the global market each year. However, you know what vehicle will be at your next accident scene so take a quick look.

The NHSTA and IIHS have tougher roof-crush standards that are met with thinner-section A-pillars that use patch-welded blanks where a super-stiff U-channel gets welded to a lighter-gauge material before it’s stamped into the rough shape of the A-pillar.

The 2016 Jaguar XF has two different sizes of 12 volt batteries located in the trunk.

The 2015 Audi A4 Body Structure is full of different types of materials and grades of steel.<

Seatbelt pretensioners tighten up any slack in the belt webbing at 0.020 seconds after an impact is detected by the ECU (Electronic Control Unit). ​This restrains an occupant as early as possible in a crash and reduces the load on the occupant in a crash while restraining the passengers in their seats more effectively.

So where the Toyota Engineers put the 12Volt battery on the 2015 Prius C? Under the rear seat on the passenger side. Take a look at the screenshot below from Moditech's Crash Recovery System.

The 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA, has 73 percent of the bodyshell is comprised of high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels. In the area of the side roof frame and the new C-ring structure in the rear, hot-formed steels are used – ensuring the highest strength category possible for body steels.