Land Rover Safety Engineering

A leader in sport-utility safety engineering, Range Rover has featured such "firsts" as dual airbags SRS and four-channel anti-lock brakes. In fact, virtually every component in the Range Rover was designed and developed with safety as a priority.

Driver and front passenger airbag Supplemental Restraint System (SRS).
Side-door impact beams in the front and rear doors.
Front crumple zones.
Replaceable front "crush cans" attached to frame and bumper.
Four-wheel disc brakes, reverse-ventilated front rotors.

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Four-channel, four-wheel all-terrain anti-lock brakes (ABS).
Collapsible steering column.
Collision-activated inertia switch (unlocks doors, turns off fuel pump, turns on hazard lights).
Front and rear outboard adjustable one-piece, three-point lap/shoulder belts.
Driver and front passenger knee bolsters.
"Anti-submarining" seat frames, front and rear.
Integral head restraints, front and rear (outboard positions).
Center high-mount stoplamp.
Child locks for rear doors, power windows and sunroof.
   

Automatic dimming inside rearview mirror.
Dual electrically adjustable and heated exterior mirrors.
Electrically heated front windshield and rear window.
Quartz halogen headlamps with 60-psi power washers and wipers.
Front and rear foglamps.
Tempered and laminated safety glass.
Boxed-steel frame with rigid passenger compartment.
 
Seam-welded frame crossmembers.
Welded steel inner body-cage with reinforced roof pillars.
Permanent four-wheel drive.
Electronic traction control system on rear wheels.
Steel-belted mud+snow radial tires.
Direct bonding of windshield and rear-side glass to body for added rigidity.
Automatic Locking Retractor/Emergency Locking Retractor seatbelts in all outboard positions (except driver's) for easier use of a child-safety seat.
Automatic transmission shift-lock mechanism.
Dual hydraulic circuit braking system, split front/rear.
 
Drum-type parking brake in transfer box to effectively lock all four wheels.
"Anti-trap" feature on power windows.
Variable-speed intermittent windshield wipers and automatic rear wiper with washer.
Command driving position with excellent field of view.
Center-pad horn actuation (rather than buttons).
Padded dashboard, sun visors, roof pillars and seatbacks.
Fuel tank strategically positioned within the frame rails.