The Ratings Explained

Euro NCAP introduced the overall safety rating in 2009, based on assessment in four important areas:

• Adult Occupant Protection (for the driver and passenger);
• Child Occupant Protection;
• Pedestrian Protection which has been expanded to include cyclists and is now known as Vulnerable Road User (VRU) protection; and
• Safety Assist, which evaluated driver-assistance and crash-avoidance technologies.

The overall star rating was introduced to add more flexibility to the previous ratings’ scheme which had been in use since 1997.

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