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Originally Posted by Long & Winding road

I dont know what made me think of this but does the F53 chassis have a crumple zone?

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Yes, in effect it does, it’s the trunk of the vehicle in front that crumples.

I’m serious, how often would a crumple zone in a 15,000-plus pound vehicle actually crumple enough to make a significant difference?

If you run off the road and hit a tree or concrete wall, then sure, it would help. Or if you hit another large truck head on. However, I expect those are rare compared to running into the back of cars, SUVs, or pickups. And due to their lower mass, their crumple zones would end up absorbing the vast majority of the energy anyway, so an F53 crumple zone would be wasted in most accidents in my opinion. That’s likely why they are not required.


By the way, the Econoline crumple zone isn’t all that effective, which is a major reason Ford has to treat it as a vehicle over 10,000 pounds and replaced it with the Transit van which is far safer. I drive my E-Series as if any minor accident could injure us badly or worse, even though it has a little crumple zone and front airbags.