The XC40’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Corsair doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
Both the XC40 and Corsair have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The XC40 has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Corsair’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.
The XC40 has a standard Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS), which use a specially designed seat to protect the driver and front passenger from whiplash. During a rear-end collision, the WHIPS allows the backrest to travel backwards to cushion the occupants and the headrests move forward to prevent neck and spine injuries. At the same time the pretensioning seatbelts fire, removing slack from the belts. The Corsair doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.
When descending a steep, off-road slope, the XC40’s standard Hill Descent Control allows you to creep down safely. The Corsair doesn’t offer Hill Descent Control.
Both the XC40 and the Corsair have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front wheel drive, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, post-collision automatic braking systems, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Volvo XC40 is safer than the Lincoln Corsair:
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XC40 |
Corsair |
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Passenger |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Chest Compression |
.5 inches |
.5 inches |
| Neck Injury Risk |
31% |
36.3% |
| Neck Stress |
156 lbs. |
181 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Volvo XC40 is safer than the Lincoln Corsair:
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XC40 |
Corsair |
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Front Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
78 |
197 |
| Chest Movement |
.9 inches |
.9 inches |
| Abdominal Force |
156 G’s |
191 G’s |
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Rear Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Hip Force |
755 lbs. |
816 lbs. |
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Into Pole |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
237 |
344 |
| Hip Force |
411 lbs. |
462 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
Instrumented handling tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and analysis of its dimensions indicate that the XC40 is 1.4% to 1.9% less likely to roll over than the Corsair.
For its top level performance in IIHS driver and passenger-side small overlap frontal, moderate overlap frontal, side impact, roof strength and head restraint tests, its standard vehicle-to-vehicle front crash prevention system, its standard vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention system, and its standard headlight’s “Good” rating, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the XC40 its highest rating: “Top Pick Plus” for 2021, a rating granted to only 63 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The Corsair is only a standard “Top Pick” for 2021.