iPhone 14 crash detection doesn’t always work (VIDEO)  

Apple explains why

The new iPhone 14 has sensors that can detect if you’ve been involved in a car accident and automatically alert emergency services if you don’t respond to the alert.

However, tests of the system by the Wall Street Journal with a professional driver showed that the accident detection does not always work and so they contacted Apple.

When I relayed the results to Apple, a representative said the test conditions didn’t provide enough data for the iPhone to activate the feature in stopped cars.

For collision detection to work, the system must first detect that the phone is in a moving vehicle. The algorithm leverages many factors to make Crash Detection work. Sensors detect sudden changes in traffic, microphones detect loud noises, barometer detects changes in air pressure when airbags are activated, GPS detects sudden vehicle deceleration, and data from CarPlay and Bluetooth are taken for more reliable indication that the phone is actually located in the vehicle.

In any case, as you’ll see if you look closely at the image above, Apple clearly states that the iPhone cannot detect all crashes.