Both the V60 and E-Class All-Terrain Wagon have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The V60 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 E-Class All-Terrain Wagon’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 V60 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 E-Class All-Terrain Wagon doesn’t offer a whiplash protection system.
The V60’s standard lane departure warning system alerts a temporarily inattentive driver when the vehicle begins to leave its lane and gently nudges the vehicle back towards its lane. A lane departure warning system costs extra on the E-Class All-Terrain Wagon.
To help make backing out of a parking space safer, the V60 has standard rear cross-path warning, helping the driver avoid collisions. Mercedes charges extra for Rear Cross-Traffic Alert on the E-Class All-Terrain Wagon.
Both the V60 and the E-Class All-Terrain Wagon have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras and driver alert monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Volvo V60 is safer than the Mercedes E-Class All-Terrain Wagon:
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V60 |
E-Class All-Terrain Wagon |
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Driver |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
| Neck Injury Risk |
25.7% |
30% |
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 V60 is safer than the Mercedes E-Class All-Terrain Wagon:
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V60 |
E-Class All-Terrain Wagon |
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Front Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
103 |
132 |
| Chest Movement |
.9 inches |
1.1 inches |
| Hip Force |
212 lbs. |
223 lbs. |
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Rear Seat |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| Hip Force |
575 lbs. |
594 lbs. |
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Into Pole |
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| STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
| HIC |
319 |
326 |
| Spine Acceleration |
29 G’s |
43 G’s |
| Hip Force |
490 lbs. |
836 lbs. |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
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, with its optional vehicle-to-pedestrian front crash prevention system, and its standard headlight’s “Good” rating, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the V60 its highest rating: “Top Safety Pick Plus” for 2022, a rating granted to only 128 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The E-Class All-Terrain Wagon has not been tested, yet.