Results of crash tests are shown by make and model
or by vehicle type. Vehicles are tested using crash test dummies
and are rated for the extent to which they protect occupants in
the event of a crash. Find out if your vehicle has been rated and
how it compares.
The overall rating assigned by ANCAP considers
how much damage was done to each vehicle's structure and the injury
that would result to the head, neck, chest and upper and lower legs
of occupants.
There are two ratings systems for the cars shown on this site.
The star system is the one most recently developed by ANCAP, but
it cannot be directly compared to ANCAP's previous system of assigning
cars a rating of Good, Acceptable, Marginal, and Poor.
About the Crash Test
Two crash tests are performed on each vehicle model
- an offset frontal test and a side impact test. These tests simulate
two of the most common crashes that occur on our roads.
- In the offset frontal crash test 40% of the
front of the vehicle (on the driver's side) strikes a fixed barrier
at 64km/h. The front of the barrier has a deformable aluminium
face so the test simulates crashing into another vehicle.
- In the side impact test a 950kg trolley strikes
the driver's side of the test vehicle at 50km/h. The trolley also
has a deformable aluminium face to simulate the front of another
vehicle.
- Recent results have included pedestrian tests.
These are a series of tests carried out to replicate crashes involving
child and adult pedestrians where impacts occur at 40kph. Impact
sites are assessed and rated out of a possible 4 stars.
Dummies are used in the tests to measure the degree
of injury that would be inflicted on front seat occupants wearing
safety belts in these crashes.(
Read more about DUMMIES... )
The European NCAP uses the same offset frontal
and side impact crash tests, and some of the ratings given for vehicle
models are the result of crash tests done in Europe.
