Connected safety
Your vehicle can communicate information with other vehicles on the road, which can help you to be aware of or avoid accidents or traffic situations further up the road. This feature is called connected safety.
Through an internet connection, your vehicle and other vehicles on the same road can share information about current road conditions and situations, such as:
- activated hazard warning flasher
- accidents
- slippery roads
- roadwork
- large animals
- pedestrians and bicycles.[1]
Connected safety can be enabled or disabled in privacy settings.
Connected Safety is not a replacement for safe driving practices. Drive the vehicle with the same attention to safety as you would in a vehicle without this feature.Warning
Connected safety warnings
Depending on the information your vehicle receives from other road users about situations further up the road, one of these symbols can be shown in the instrument panel:
 | A vehicle's hazard warning flasher is active. This symbol also appears when there is road work, large animals, pedestrians and bicycles. |
 | Slippery road conditions are detected. |
 | An accident has happened. |
Warnings from connected safety can also be shown in the head-up display.Tip
Conditions and limitations
For Connected Safety to work, these conditions need to be met:
- Connected Safety must be enabled in settings.
- Other vehicles need to have connected safety available and enabled.
- Both your vehicle and other vehicles must be connected to the internet.
- The road you're on is in the Volvo Cars database.
Note
Slippery road conditions not registered
A slippery road may not always trigger a warning from Connected Safety. Low friction between the tires and road surface is often used to identify a slippery road. Maneuvers such as braking or accelerating rarely cause low-friction situations. As a result, the feature may not always detect a slippery road during these maneuvers.
