Not exact matches
Drill down into the details and you'll discover that the XE performed well in the individual
categories, outscoring the Audi A4 in all but
child occupant protection.
The car hasn't been crash - tested since 2009 — and the tests have become more demanding since then — but Euro NCAP gave it a five star safety rating, with a 90 per cent mark in the adult
occupants category, 86 per cent for
child occupants, 53 per cent for pedestrian
protection, and 86 per cent in the safety assist
category.
The rating is composed of scores in four
categories; adult
occupant protection (50 %),
child occupant protection (20 %), pedestrian
protection (20 %) and safety assist (10 %).
Its adult
protection score is quite good, at 93 per cent, but a score of 77 per cent for
child occupant protection is not great for a family car, and a 55 per cent score in the safety assist
category of the test shows just how much safety kit is either left on the options list or simply not available at all.
The independent organisation performs crash tests on the vast majority of cars sold in the UK and Europe, and each test scores cars in four different areas: adult
occupant protection,
child occupant protection, pedestrian
protection and safety assistance — and the final
category covers technology such as AEB and lane - departure warning systems.
It achieved an impressive 96 % score in the adult
occupant protection category, as well as 89 % for
child occupant protection and 86 % in the safety assistance
category.
Overall it scored 85 percent for adult
occupant protection, 84 percent
child protection, 62 percent for pedestrian safety and 57 percent in the safety assist
category.
This included individual scores of 86 % and 85 % for adult and
child occupant protection respectively and an impressive 81 % in the Safety Assist
category for included safety kit.
The crash dummies testify to the Polo's high scores in the most important
categories:
occupant protection and
child safety.