{"id":662,"date":"2025-11-05T14:15:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.messring.de\/?post_type=reference&p=662"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:20:15","slug":"a-modern-crash-test-lab-can-handle-all-kinds-of-tests","status":"publish","type":"reference","link":"https:\/\/www.messring.de\/en\/reference\/a-modern-crash-test-lab-can-handle-all-kinds-of-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"A modern crash test lab can handle all kinds of tests – \u0160koda"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The growing demands placed on car safety make testing a bigger challenge as well. \u0160KODA has its own state-of-the-art MESSRING crash test lab. Take a look inside.<\/h5>\r\n<\/div>\r\nCrash testing has come a long way in the fifty years since it was first done in the Czech Republic. And \u0160KODA has played a major part in this. Crash testing is now carried out in a state-of-the-art, modern laboratory at the test polygon in \u00dahelnice near Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav.\r\nIn the almost 200-metre-long hall \u0160KODA can carry out an amazingly wide range of tests, from frontal crashes into solid obstacles, impacts when a barrier or pole hits the side of a car and various rear impacts, to head-on collisions between two cars.\r\nThe cars are propelled by a 600 kW MESSRING electric propulsion system, which can accelerate two vehicles weighing up to 3.5 tons towards each other up to a speed of 65 km\/h, or accelerate one vehicle to 120 km\/h. In the first case a track of 80 meters is sufficient, in the second case the entire track is needed. Equipped with the enhanced MicroTrack rail system, a precise guiding of passenger cars and sleds is achieved and the view from the film pit that is limited by a beam not wider than 70 mm only.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ppi_row_padding=”ppi_remove_padding_top”][vc_column]\n
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Step-by-step growth with almost no downtime<\/h4><\/div>[vc_column_text]\u0160KODA has owned its crash test laboratory since 2011, and the Czech carmaker has invested massively in further equipment and development. As cars grew in size, so did the demands of crash testing: for example, the requirement to be able to collide test two moving objects into each other. There was a planned expansion of the lab in 2018 and 2019, but most of the operations in the original part of the lab went ahead during the work.\u00a0The first trial test took place in the new part of the hall on 1 February 2019, followed by a \u201clive\u201d test in March.\r\n\r\n\u201cIn the original hall we removed the drive system, while the original HydroBrake is now permanently encased in concrete,\u201d says Rudolf Tes\u00e1rek, describing the fate of some of the original laboratory\u2019s technical fittings. The installation of a MESSRING mobile barrier helped to speed up test preparation and expand the use of the laboratory. In 2020, the \u0160KODA Crash Laboratory was given the prestigious \u201cCrash Test Laboratory of the Year\u201d award by Automotive Testing Technology International.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ppi_row_padding=”ppi_remove_padding_top”][vc_column]
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MicroTrack System<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Enhanced track rail system for guiding passenger cars, trucks and sleds. Unparalleled small dimensions \u2013 gap only 30 mm! \u2013 and unique design, combine guiding ultimate capabilities and view from a film pit that is limited\u2026<\/p>\n More information<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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MESSRING designs and constructs film pits to ensure optimal filming conditions beneath vehicles or the MESSRING Flying Floor. Using advanced computer simulations, all components\u2014lighting, cameras, and transparent covers\u2014 are\u2026 <\/p>\n More information<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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A broad portfolio of high rigid barriers is available for both standard and special test configurations. The barriers can be easily integrated into existing crash walls or blocks.<\/p>\n More information<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Explore a moveable platform by means of which you can accelerate passenger cars on your crash facility simulation pole Impact scenarios. Best filming results are guaranteed by transparent window in the center of the sled.<\/p>\n More information<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Types of crash test<\/h4><\/div>[vc_column_text]\u0160KODA carries out a number of crash tests in its crash laboratory, most of them during the development of a car to verify the functionality of its design. Needless to say, an advanced laboratory tests not only according to homologation requirements, but also according to the far more demanding conditions of various organizations such as the various NCAP associations (Euro, China\u2026) or the North American NHTSA.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ppi_row_padding=”ppi_remove_padding_top”][vc_column]\n
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