The most important test: Crash Testing

As a part of our commitment to 360º protection, Pierce has crash-tested our cabs at or above ECE requirements.

Testing is done at the CAPE (Center for Advanced Product Evaluation), a part of IMMI, a world leader in safety consulting. CAPE offers an unparalleled vehicle barrier crash testing facility complete with a test laboratory, dynamic test sleds, static pull chamber, computer screen crash simulation capabilities, and the world's only 90-degree rollover impact test machine.

How rigorous is our testing? Consider the Pierce Quantum^®. In addition to the required testing, it passed a side strike test that wasn't mandated to meet the ECE 29 standard. We simply wanted to subject it to the forces a cab would see in a side-roll accident. It also proved itself by passing an extra roof crush at 2.5 times the ECE standard. The Arrow XT™ chassis withstood 4.5 times the ECE standard.

Our crashes make a real impact. They strengthen our trucks - and reinforce our commitment to safety.