Hyundai Verna receives Global NCAP 5-Star rating: Which other Indian cars have 5-Star rating?
Introduction
Hyundai Verna receives Global NCAP 5-Star rating and becomes the first India made Hyundai to achieve this feat. This is a significant achievement, as it demonstrates Hyundai’s commitment to safety in the Indian market.
What Is Global NCAP?
Global NCAP is an independent organization that assesses the safety of new cars sold around the world. It conducts crash tests and rates cars on a scale of 0 to 5 stars, with 5 stars being the highest rating.
Why Is Global NCAP Rating Important?
Global NCAP ratings are an important tool for consumers when choosing a safe car. A 5-star rating indicates that a car has a high level of safety features and is likely to protect occupants in the event of a crash.
Global NCAP’s crash test protocols assess frontal and side impact protection for all models, as well as Electronic Stability Control (ESC). Pedestrian protection and side impact pole protection assessments are required for vehicles scoring the highest star ratings.
More information on the latest protocol requirements can be found on the Global NCAP web site: https://www.globalncap.org/resources
Hyundai Verna Receives Global NCAP 5-Star Rating
The Hyundai Verna was tested in its most basic passive safety specification with 6 airbags and ESC as standard. It scored 34.5 points out of 36 for adult occupant protection and 41.6 points out of 49 for child occupant protection, earning it a 5-star rating in both categories.
The Hyundai Verna was assessed in its most basic passive safety specification with 6 airbags and ESC as standard. The model achieved a five star rating for adult and child occupants although the structure was unstable.
After the side impact test a Child Restraint System (CRS) failure was noted. The CRS manufacturer identified this as a one off. In order to verify the claim Global NCAP performed a subsequent higher energy side impact test. The CRS showed no further sign of failure.
Alejandro Furas, Secretary General of Global NCAP said, “Global NCAP welcomes Hyundai to the five star club in the Indian market. This relevant result confirms the manufacturer’s policy of improving safety performance in emerging markets. The effort to bring these improvements from the basic version is a remarkable step forward. We encourage Hyundai to continue in this line and bring the highest safety performance to the most affordable models and improve the availability of ADAS technologies in its entire model range worldwide.”
David Ward, President of the Towards Zero Foundation said, “As the #SaferCarsForIndia campaign reaches its conclusion it is very satisfying to see the trend for five star safety performance continue with the Hyundai Verna. Maintaining this safety momentum is an important step for the auto industry in India. It will be interesting to see how the remaining #SaferCarsForIndia models perform in our crash testing before Bharat NCAP begins its own testing later in the year.”
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Which Other Indian Cars Have Global NCAP 5-Star Rating?
Other Indian cars that have received a 5-star rating from Global NCAP include:
- Volkswagen Virtus/Skoda Slavia
- Skoda Kushaq/Volkswagen Taigun
- Mahindra Scorpio-N
Safer Cars For India Campaign
The #SaferCarsForIndia campaign was launched by Global NCAP in 2014 with the objective of promoting safer vehicles in the country. Between 2014 and 2023 Global NCAP has completed more than sixty safety assessments which have acted as an important catalyst in the safety improvement of Indian cars.
Global NCAP is a major programme of the Towards Zero Foundation, a UK based charity working internationally in support of the new UN Decade of Action for Road Safety, with a goal of halving road deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
Conclusion
The Hyundai Verna’s Global NCAP 5-star rating is a welcome development for the Indian market. It shows that Hyundai is committed to safety and that consumers have access to safe cars, even in the budget segment.
