Like passenger cars, vans, all-terrain vehicles and trucks with a maximum weight of up to 2,600kgs, undergo crash tests. The results given up by these tests are very different from those for passenger cars, given their structural features.
The reaction of the various industrial vehicles to a crash of these characteristics differs according to their design and to the materials employed in their manufacture. The information obtained makes it possible to classify them, basing this on the index of damageability. Cesvimap passes on constructive suggestions for improvement in repairability to vehicle manufacturers.