We’ve designed Transit Connect to survive the cut and thrust of today’s roads by incorporating outstanding vehicle and occupant safety. Using advanced computer modelling, we have developed a body structure that combines energy-absorbing crumple zones with a rigid shell. There is also a range of bulkhead options from full width, to full height mesh, most of which are DIN compliant. And there’s a standard wraparound driver bulkhead that comes with the standard fold-flat passenger seat, to ensure maximum occupant protection.

Under the dynamic body shell, and inside both front doors, there are high-strength steel beams that help prevent intrusion in a side impact. There is also a boron steel cross-member behind the front bumper, designed to absorb and safely channel crash energy away from the occupants.

In addition, all Transit Connect vans benefit from the following standard features:
• Driver's airbag
• Electronic Stability Programme (ESP)
• Electronic brake-force distribution (EBD)
• Drag torque control – this is used in snowy conditions and raises the torque of the engine to assist acceleration
• AYC (Active Yaw Control) – this assists with under steer and over steer
• Traction Control System (TCS)
• Hill Launch Assist (HLA)
• Electronic Brake Light (EBL) where the hazards flash upon hard braking

• Height-adjustable inertia reel seat belts with grabbers and driver's seat belt pre-tensioner
• Anti-lock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake-force distribution (EBD)
• Anti-submarining ramps in front seat bases
• Height-adjustable head restraints
• 15-inch, five-stud wheels

There are also extra safety features available as options on all Transit Connect models:
• Passenger's airbag*
• Side airbags (not available with fold-flat passenger's seat)

*Please note: A rear-facing child seat should never be placed in the front passenger seat when the vehicle is equipped with an operational front passenger’s airbag.