Kajang, 12 February 2016 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) recently performed several crash tests on popular models in the ASEAN region. The results for ASEAN NCAP crash tests were announced during SAFE STEPS Road Safety Pre-Launch Dinner held in Kuala Lumpur. One of the tests performed was an audit test on Hyundai i10. Hyundai i10 was first crash tested by ASEAN NCAP in 2012 during its Phase 1 installment. The vehicle was selected by ASEAN NCAP’s Steering Committee based on the list of popular manufacturers in the ASEAN region. The Hyundai i10 crash tested during Phase 1 in 2012 achieved 2-Star for Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) with 7.31 points out of 16 points. Whilst in the Child Occupant Protection (COP) category, it obtained 48% compliance (within 2-Star range).

Hyundai i10 model was selected based on a survey carried out by ASEAN NCAP in early 2015. The survey was conducted in order to gauge public’s expectation on the vehicles that were crash tested during the first phase of ASEAN NCAP whether any improvements with regards to safety have been made after the test. In the audit test, Hyundai i10 did not perform well in the AOP by scoring 4.40 points on the test, which is in the 1-Star rating range. The audit test result shows the i10’s performance deteriorated than the 2012 crash test. Nevertheless, i10’s performance result for COP fared relatively well with 79% compliance (4-Star rating) compared to 2-Star in 2012.

ASEAN NCAP Chairman, Prof. Dr. Wong Shaw Voon commented that Hyundai i10 is the first audit test performed by ASEAN NCAP and sadly to say the result is upsetting. “The main purpose of conducting such test is to check on manufacturing consistency particularly on the safety performance of a vehicle. ASEAN NCAP is disappointed with this test result and we will definitely do more audit tests in the future in order to regularly check manufacturers’ commitment to safety.” Professor Wong also stated that credits should be given to Bloomberg and Global NCAP for this opportunity because with continuous follow-ups, manufacturers will not be too comfortable with their current vehicles achievement, hence, they will continue to improve vehicle safety.

ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General, Mr. Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim said, “Despite deteriorated AOP result, i10’s COP result has improved significantly with the introduction of ISOFIX in the car; from 2-Star to 4-Star rating. This shows the use of car seats with ISOFIX and top tether can make significant impact on the children’s safety.” ASEAN NCAP will work with OEMs to improve the installation of passive safety parts in future vehicles, he added.

Ford Everest and Toyota Fortuner

ASEAN NCAP also carried over two previous crash test results. The carried over results are for Ford Everest and Toyota Fortuner. The result for Everest was released by Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) in October 2015 while Hilux was released in September 2015.

ANCAP had crash tested the third generation model of Ford Everest in October 2015. The sport utility vehicle (SUV) was based on the design of current Ford Ranger in which ASEAN NCAP carried over ANCAP’s result and verified it with Ranger’s result. Everest scored very well in AOP with 15.38 points, a 5-Star rating with ESC equipped in all its variants. As for its COP, Everest achieved 81% compliance which places it within 4-Star category.

For Toyota Fortuner, ASEAN NCAP received technical evidence from Toyota that it has comparable occupant protection with identical design and similar restraint system for crashworthiness as in Hilux. Hence, the SUV received 14.53 points for AOP similar to the tested pick-up truck. However, due to 5-Star prerequisite for AOP in which models with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) are rated as 5-Star, Fortuner’s variants without ESC are rated 4-Star. As for COP, its scored 71% compliance with 4-Star rating.

Nissan Grand Livina and Toyota Innova

Grand Livina is the fourth model under Nissan’s brand tested by ASEAN NCAP. The MPV model received 4-Star rating for AOP with 12.50 points. With the absence of ISOFIX and top tether, Grand Livina’s COP managed to meet 41% compliance, within 2-Star category.

Toyota Innova, after Avanza, is the second MPV model under the Toyota brand tested by ASEAN NCAP. It obtained a good score with 14.10 points for AOP. As ASEAN NCAP has set a 5-Star prerequisite for a variant to be equipped with ESC, only Innova’s variants that has ESC is eligible to receive 5-Star AOP rating. Variants without ESC is relegated to 4-Star. In COP, Innova achieved 76% compliance, result that places it in 4-Star COP rating.

SAFE STEPS Road Safety is a pan-Asian public service initiative aimed to raise awareness and provide clear and simple life-saving educational messages on road safety. SAFE STEPS Road Safety programme is created and developed by Prudence Foundation, in partnership with National Geographic Channel and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (“FIA”). Go to https://safesteps.com/road-safety/ for further information on the safe steps.

The gist of ASEAN NCAP Q1 2016 results are as follows.

• Hyundai i10 achieved 1-Star rating with the score of 4.40 points for its AOP. The result deteriorated from the crash performed during Phase 1 in 2012, in which it scored 7.31 points, a result that falls within 2-Star category. The i10 performance in COP has improved tremendously with an achievement of 79% compliance (4-Star rating). This is a significant improvement if compared with the previous result of 48% compliance, which is in the range of 2-Star.
• Ford Everest scored 15.38 points for AOP and with the availability of ESC, it deserved the 5-Star rating for AOP. For COP, Everest performed better than Ranger with 81% compliance. This percentage places it within the range of 4-Star.
• Toyota Fortuner’s score is a carried over from Hilux’s result. With 14.43 points for AOP, the SUV received dual rating with 4-Star for variants that are not equipped with ESC and 5-Star for variants with ESC. Similar to Hilux, Fortuner’s COP result achieved 4-Star with 71% compliance.
• The MPV Nissan Grand Livina received 12.50 points for AOP, score within the range of 4-Star rating. While for its COP, Grand Livina obtained 2-Star rating with 41% compliance.
• Toyota Innova scored 14.10 points for AOP. With ASEAN NCAP 5-Star prerequisite, Innova received dual rating with variants equipped ESC is eligible for 5-Star AOP, while the ones without received 4-Star. In the COP category, Innova’s performance met 76% compliance, in which the percentage is within 4-Star rating.

Full result of Ford Everest, Hyundai i10 2015, Nissan Grand Livina, Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Innova can be downloaded at the respective links.

Full press release for result announcement of ASEAN NCAP Q1 2016 Media Release.