Maruti Swift and Datsun Go fail the world crash tests
The Datsun Go has recently hit South African streets with an affordable price tag of R89 500 only refreshing, but also came under fire for not providing basic safety features like airbags and ABS Now it seems airbags may not help much anyway.
In a recent crash test conducted by the new Indian division Global NCAP, the structure of GB collapsed during the frontal test-center h 64 km.
According Bharat NCAP crash test dummy readings indicate a high probability of fatal injury Although the absence of airbags ensure that the driver's head hit the steering wheel and the dashboard, even have them on board could not to have made a big difference that the organization has also noticed that the envelope body makes mounting an airbag redundant safety.
No wonder that the Datsun Go has received an adult occupant rating zero stars Bharat NCAP also announced the results of crash tests of the Maruti Suzuki Swift and even if it did not have a single star, structure better results in tests, it seems that the main problem here was lack of airbags, which causes the dummy's head hit the steering wheel structure shows signs of collapse in the front crash test off-center, but the accident supervisory authority concluded that the introduction of airbags improve occupant protection.
Suzuki South Africa 1 2 sources of its Swift models liters of India and fortunately our cars have airbags in the range.
As long as the structure remains relatively stable, these explosives cushions does seem to make a big difference Earlier this year, the world accident NCAP has tested a lot of compact hatchbacks, including the Ford Figo and VW Polo, and all were slapped by zero stars, however, the Polo was then retested with airbags, having been made standard, and the car suddenly reached a four star.
However, the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers rejected Vishnu Mathur said reports of crash test as alarmist Its CEO, Global NCAP can do what they want, we have our own security roadmap that we will follow and already follow Mathur World NCAP accused of not considering that average speeds are lower in India than in developed countries because of bad roads and heavy traffic.
Strange then, that these conditions have not prevented India from having one of the worst death rate roads in the world, with nearly 1 2 million deaths in the last decade, according to Reuters if she is ok for cars with less protection because of slow roads of India, what are the implications, then, when these cars are imported into the streets not so slow in South Africa we have the same importance.
The moral of the story is only one seat belt will not prevent you from hitting the steering wheel during a frontal collision, but it will certainly soften the blow of impact and you really be an idiot not to one but to maximize your changes, you need a seatbelt, airbag and a decent structure around you.
And if you go for the Datsun, it is a pretty solid, affordable car, just make sure you have an accident.
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