Total safety
comes from within.
Passive Safety,
to better survive a collision
Occupant protection is a high priority in every
element of the Impreza—from major features
like the seats, to small designs like the pedals.
Its body structure is intelligently strengthened
in critical areas to help minimize the impact
energies that reach the cabin, while an array of
advanced interior safety features helps protect
occupants directly.
Ring-shaped Reinforcement Frames
The Ring-shaped Reinforcement Frames s trengthen the
passenger cabin from the roof to the doors, pillars and floor.
This design helps to divert and dissipate impact energy away
from the occupants in a collision. The frames for the Impreza
feature high-tensile steel designs that are strong and rigid, yet
light in weight.
Seats, Seatbelts and SRS1 Airbags
Height-adjustable front seatbelts feature pretensioners to hold
passengers firmly in place. And the Impreza features whiplashreducing front seats and energy-absorbing head restraints
that can help better protect front occupants from injury during
a rear collision. Front, front-side and curtain SRS1 airbags are
standard on all models. A knee SRS1 airbag is also standard,
which greatly increases the protection of the lower extremities
of the driver in frontal impac ts. And a tether and ISO-FIX
anchors facilitate installation of compatible child-safety seats.
Break Away Engine
Every Subaru goes above and beyond common practice when
it comes to your safety. In the event of a head-on collision,
your Impreza’s SUBARU BOXER® engine and gearbox are
driven under the front seat occupants and away from the
cabin for your protection.
Pedestrian Protection
Impreza was designed with the objective of providing
a high level of pedestrian protection. Shock-absorbing
space between the hood and engine helps to reduce
pedestrian injury if an accident should occur, as do an
energy-absorbing front bumper and a specially designed
area around the windshield wipers.
1 The Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) (airbags) affords the driver and the front and rear outboard passengers additional protection in moderate to severe frontal and side-impact collisions. This system provides supplemental protection only, and seatbelts must
be worn in order to avoid injuries to out-of