Safety concerns and crash data for Class A's?

RVs in general are not very crashworthy. In a serious collision, there is lots of stuff that's not too well secured that will come flying (even if the cabinets etc. all remain attached, their contents probably won't). The body structure of most is none too strong, either, at least in the house portion. Frankly, I wouldn't care to be in any motorhome in a serious crash if given the choice--I guess I would prefer one to a motorcycle, but that's about all.

If colliding with a car, extra mass is an advantage for you (but not for the car). If colliding with an equally massive vehicle or a fixed object, that advantage disappears.

RVs don't have a terrible safety record mainly because they are generally driven reasonably safely, by attentive drivers, and in particular are not usually driven by teens and other beginning drivers or by intoxicated drivers. They also are more commonly driven on safer roads (rural/limited access highways rather than city streets).

Newer class C would have a better protection in a crash because the van chassis has to pass a Gov crash test where as the class A does not.

There is a 3rd option, the super class C, they sit up higher like a class A but with better crash results but still no Gov crash tested.

I pondered the same thing until I relooked at my physics book. Class A's sit higher than most vehicles. The bumper and assemblies are what's going to take the hit. In my case, there's this huge genset that will move most vehicles out of the way. Now if I hit a tree, that's something else altogether. In a head on crash between a Class A and a Class C, those passive restraints aren't going to do you much good.....for what it's worth...then again, I've been moving these Class A's for over 40 years and haven't had a crash yet. You tend to drive the Class A a lot differently. The other thing to consider, too, is the passive restraints aren't going to do much for stopping all that 'junk' behind you that you've crammed into every nook and cranny. Think TVs Fridge, sofa etc. etc......Dennis

Don't think so. At one time Winnebago would show a drop test where the coach was held upside down and then dropped on its roof. Don't know what that proved.