Hyundai’s H1 scored 3 stars in the crash tests
Some manufacturers are responding to Euro NCAP’s call and have committed to better equip light commercial vehicles when sold as people carriers. The Ford Transit Custom, designed with Euro NCAP’s protocol in mind, features amongst other items curtain airbags that improve protection in the severe pole side impact test. The vehicle also received recognition in Euro NCap’s advanced rewards scheme for offering Lane Keep Assist, an important accident prevention technology.
Renault’s Trafic, also sold by Vauxhall as the Vivaro and by Nissan as the Primastar, scored 2 stars
Fiat has also responded to Euro NCAP’s assessment. The manufacturer is making safety features such as the front passenger airbag and a Speed Limitation Device standard in more European markets. The Scudo’s Peugeot and Citroen sister models are doing the same.
“We are optimistic that the safety of these vehicles will advance significantly in the next few years,” said van Ratingen.”By and large this is a neglected vehicle category that from a safety perspective is still immature. Per legislation, these vehicles have never had to be well-equipped with safety technologies. Not all offer electronic stability control as standard and most provide poor protection for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians in the event of a collision.
The protocols used by Euro NCAP to test family and business vans are slightly adapted from those used for passenger cars. The car safety organisation has designed its protocol
to encourage greater adoption of safety equipment and to promote all-round protection to car occupants and other road users.
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