There are more and more means of transport and people in traffic every day, and that is why measures are being taken every day that will enable greater safety, both for people and means of transport. Taking these measures should result in a reduction in traffic accidents and an increase in traffic safety. The analysis of traffic accidents also indicates that in 3-5% of traffic accidents the cause is a technical defect on the vehicle and therefore an attempt is made to increase the active and passive safety of the vehicle, ie constructive measures on the vehicle to avoid accidents. The car body is the part of the car body that consists of the chassis and superstructure. In the traffic process, traffic accidents often occur which result in material damage. Although the number of traffic accidents in Croatia has been decreasing in the last twenty years, there are still too many of them, both with material damage and human casualties. During a car accident, the body is usually damaged and needs to be repaired. After the occurrence of a traffic accident and a harmful event on the property, the vehicle needs to be repaired. The assessment determines what is needed and how much, and then, according to the same, the repair is approached. The repair of the body, and thus the superstructure, is done in a way that it is leveled and returned to its original condition, and anti-corrosion protection and paint, ie varnish is applied. As the topic of this paper "Repair and maintenance of road motor superstructures" will be presented in the continuation of the paper. superstructure, repair, maintenance, body, vehicle