Rear impact with airbag




Rear impact without airbag




 Level of protection

The APC is designed to protect the rider’s neck, and particularly the cervical area. In a large number of motorcycle accidents, the most common injuries to this part of the human body are hyperflexion, hypertension and lateral hyperflexion. With the APC, the chances of suffering an injury of this kind are reduced.

It is also known that, in a motorcycle accident, the first direct impact and the subsequent impacts the rider receives on being thrown off on to the asphalt or against various obstacles present on the road are equally important. For this reason, the APC’s inflatable bag is designed to try to stabilise the neck in this first impact and try to prevent the aforementioned injuries, as well as to prevent possible blows to the back after the accident see video.

Similarly, the APC has been designed to operate in the most common accidents and those with the greatest risk of injury. Along these lines, the ISO 13232 recommendation has been taken as a reference.
Two main criteria have been taken into account when it comes to crash-type tests:

  • At speeds of less than 25 km/h. certain violent events (bumping up the kerb, road humps) are easily confused with minor falls or accidents. The APC detects these situations and it is not activated when not necessary.

  • At speeds of around 50 km/h, the accident dynamic is greater, so the APC must be quick enough to be able to provide a response; it is capable of reacting to offer extra levels of safety in the cervical area.





In conclusion, the APC is capable of differentiating a potentially dangerous accident from a violent but minor event without clear danger to the rider. In addition, thanks to the speed of the APC’s response, the system is capable of responding early enough to an accident in which the motorcycle’s impact speed is around or slightly greater than 50 km/h. It should be taken into account that, in these cases, the effectiveness of any safety system is drastically reduced due to the extreme violence unleashed during the accident. The APC is no exception.