Global NCAP Indian Car Safety Ratings: Mahindra XUV Bags 5 Stars

Only three Made-in-India cars have received a 5-star rating so far and all three are from Indian manufacturers.

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Global NCAP, which has been testing Indian cars under the #SafeCarsForIndia campaign, released their latest ratings list on 25 November. Only three Made-in-India cars have received a 5-star rating so far.

The Global NCAP rating is rated from ‘Good’ being the highest and ‘Poor’ being the lowed. The range is as follows: Good-Adequate-Marginal-Weak-Poor.

3 Star Rated Cars

	Ford Aspire	Maruti Ertiga	Kia Seltos	Renault Duster
Adult Occupant Safety	10.49/17	9.25/17	8.03/17	9/17
Child Occupant Safety	14.22/49 (2 stars)	25.16/49 (3 stars)	15/49 (2 stars)	17.75/49 (2 stars)
Neck Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Head Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for the driver but good for co-driver
Chest Safety	Weak for driver but marginal for co-driver	Marginal for driver but good for co-driver	Marginal for driver but good for co-driver	Weak for driver but marginal for co-driver
Thighs Safety	Marginal for both driver and co-driver	Marginal for both driver and co-driver	Marginal for both driver and co-driver	Marginal for both driver and co-driver
Bodyshell	Unstable	Unstable	Unstable	Unstable
Footwell	Unstable	Unstable	Unstable	Unstable

Ertiga has the highest score in child occupant safety. While the Aspire and Kia Seltos scored 15 points out of 49, the Duster scored 17.75.

Chest protection is rated marginal for the driver and good for the co-driver in both the Kia Seltos and Ertiga. It is rated weak for the driver and marginal for the co-driver in the Duster and the Aspire.

4 Star Rated Cars

	Mahindra Marazzo	Maruti Vitara Brezza	Tata Tiago/Tigor	Volkswagen Polo
Adult Occupant Safety	12.52/17	12.85/17	12.51/17	12.52/17	12.54/17
Child Occupant Safety	41.11/49 (4 stars)	22.22/49 (2 stars)	17.93/49 (2 stars)	34.15/49 (3 stars)	29.91/49 (3 stars)
Neck Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Head Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for both driver and co-driver
Chest Safety	Adequate for driver but good for co-driver	Marginal for driver but adequate for co-driver	Marginal for driver but good for co-driver	Marginal for driver but adequate for co-driver	Adequate for both driver and co-driver
Thighs Safety	Marginal for driver but good/marginal for co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Marginal for driver but good/marginal for co-driver	Marginal for both driver and co-driver	Marginal for both driver and co-driver
Bodyshell	Stable	Stable	Stable	Unstable	Stable
Footwell	Unstable	N/A	N/A	Unstable	N/A

All the cars here scored 12 out of 17 points in adult occupant safety, except the Marazzo which scored the highest, at 12.85.

The Marazzo, Brezza and Tiago offer marginal protection for the driver’s chest while Thar and Polo offer adequate protection.

5 Star Rated Cars

	Tata Nexon	Tata Altroz	Mahindra XUV300
Adult Occupant Safety	16.06/17	16.13/17	16.42/17
Child Occupant Safety	25/49 (3 stars)	29/49 (3 stars)	37.44/49 (4 stars)
Neck Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Head Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Chest Safety	Adequate for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for both driver and co-driver	Adequate for the driver but good for co-driver
Thighs Safety	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver	Good for both driver and co-driver
Bodyshell	Stable	Stable	Stable
Footwell	Stable	Stable	Stable

Mahindra XUV300 scores the highest in both adult and child occupant safety while the Nexon scores the least.