Approximately 1.19 million people were killed in traffic accidents worldwide in 2021.
MITSUBISHI MOTORS has identified, ‘Delivering Products Which Help Prevent Traffic Accidents’ as a Materiality in order to reduce the number of road traffic accidents, which is an urgent matter globally, and is promoting initiatives from two aspects: the development and dissemination of safety technologies and education of road traffic safety, based on its safety philosophy towards a car society with zero traffic accidents.
Development of Safety Technology
By reflecting a variety of safety technologies in our products, The Group aims to help our customers drive with peace of mind, confidence, and comfort.
Active Safety Technology
We are working to develop and install various active safety technologies to help to eliminate traffic accidents preemptively.
Scope of Support Cars Expanded
Safety support cars are vehicles equipped with advanced technologies that help to support safer driving. It is a new automotive safety concept, as an effort to help prevent traffic accidents among senior drivers, being promoted in Japan through collaboration between the government and private sectors. Vehicles are classified into the following categories: “Safety Support Cars” or and “Safety Support Cars S” (Basic, Basic +, and Wide) depending on the features in each vehicle. We are expanding our lineup of Safety Support Car S Wide Models.
List of Car Models (As of April 2025)
| Safety Support Car S Wide Models | OUTLANDER PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS gasoline model, TRITON. DELICA D:5, DELICA D:5 URBAN GEAR, DELICA D:2, DELICA D:2 CUSTOM, Delica Mini, eK X EV, eK X, eK WAGON, eK SPACE, TOWN BOX, MINICAB EV, MINICAB VAN*, MINICAB TRUCK*1 |
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- Some grades are excluded.
In addition, MITSUBISHI MOTORS’ forward collision mitigation braking system and pedal misapplication prevention device have been certified as achieving a certain degree of performance under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s “Advanced Safety Technology Performance Evaluation Certification System”.
Certified Models (As of April 2025)
| (Forward Vehicles) Forward Collision Mitigation Braking System (Pedestrians) Forward Collision Mitigation Braking System |
OUTLANDER PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS PHEV model *2, ECLIPSE CROSS gasoline model *2, DELICA D:5 *3, DELICA D:5 URBAN GEAR *3, eK X EV, eK X, eK WAGON, eK SPACE, Delica Mini, DELICA D:2, DELICA D:2 CUSTOM, MINICAB TRUCK *4 |
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| Pedal Misapplication Prevention Device | OUTLANDER PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS gasoline model, DELICA D:5 *5, DELICA D:5 URBAN GEAR *5, eK X EV, eK X, eK WAGON, eK SPACE, Delica Mini, DELICA D:2, DELICA D:2 CUSTOM, TOWN BOX, MINICAB VAN *6, MINICAB TRUCK *6 |
| Vehicles which Pedal Misapplication Prevention Device can be retrofitted | eK WAGON (2013–2019), eK CUSTOM (2013–2019), eK SPACE (2014–2020), eK SPACE CUSTOM (2014–2020), MIRAGE (2012-2023), DELICA D:5 (from 2007) |
- For some grades, forward vehicles only
- Forward vehicles only
- For some grades only
- Forward only
- For some grades only
Body Structures
RISE Body used in the “OUTLANDER PHEV model”
In the event of a collision, it is crucial to have a vehicle body structure that mitigates the impact on passengers and provides adequate space. We have adopted the Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE)*7 body, and enhance collision safety performance in all directions: front, rear, and sides.
- RISE：Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution
MITSUBISHI MOTORS is also pursuing safety technology with regard to pedestrians, as well as drivers and passengers. For example, we have adopted energy-absorbing structures in the hood, cowl top, windshield wipers and other parts to mitigate injury to pedestrians’ heads.
Energy-absorbing structures that help to protect pedestrians’ legs are used in bumper faces and headlights, and so on.
Models Adopting (As of April 2025)*8
| Reinforced Impact Safety Evolution (RISE) | OUTLANDER PHEV model. ECLIPSE CROSS PHEV model, ECLIPSE CROSS gasoline model, TRITON, DELICA D:5, DELICA D:5 URBAN GEAR, Delica Mini, eK X EV, eK X, eK WAGON, eK SPACE, MINICAB EV |
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- Excluding models provided by OEM
Traffic Safety Education and Promotion
Panel discussion at the 2nd Thailand Road Traffic Safety Forum
Promoting Collaboration among Industry, Government, and Academia in the ASEAN Region
We participated in presentations and panel discussions on countermeasures to reduce traffic accidents caused by human behavior at the Thailand Road Traffic Safety Forum, the second meeting of which was hosted by the Thailand Accident Research Center (TARC) and held in February 2025. This forum brings together government agencies involved in road traffic safety in Thailand, such as the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Public Health, and the police, as well as universities, research institutes, and automakers, to discuss ways to reduce the number of traffic fatalities. By actively promoting such industry–government–academia collaboration activities, we contribute to research, analysis, and the formulation of measures to reduce the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from traffic accidents, including fatal accidents involving motorcycle riders, which are uniquely common in the ASEAN region.