Maruti Suzuki's upcoming sedan Dzire has received a 5-star rating in the Global NCAP crash test. The agency released the crash test results on Friday (November 8). According to GNCAP, the Dezire has scored 31.24 points out of 34 for adults and 39.20 points out of 49 for child safety.
This is the first car from Maruti to get 5 star rating for adult and 4 star rating for child safety from any crash test agency. Earlier, Maruti's Brezza got the highest safety rating of 4 stars. At the same time, the third-generation Dzire received only a 2-star safety rating in crash tests.
The company is gearing up to launch the fourth generation model of its best-selling sedan on November 11. Maruti Suzuki India has recently introduced the new Dzire sedan in the Indian market. After this, the company itself sent it for crash test in Global NCAP.
Frontal impact crash test of fourth generation Maruti Dzire in Global NCAP
Side impact crash test of fourth generation Maruti Dzire at Global NCAP
Side pole impact crash test of fourth generation Maruti Dzire in Global NCAP
Maruti Dzire: Adult Occupant Protection Crash Test
- Frontal Impact Test – In the frontal impact test conducted at 64kmph, the Dezire scored 13.23 out of 16 points. In this, the driver's chest protection is rated as 'marginal', while the passenger's chest protection is described as 'adequate'. While, driver and passenger knee and head protection has been rated as 'good', while thigh protection has been rated as 'adequate'. Its footwell area and bodyshell integrity are said to be 'stable'.
- Side Impact Test – The sedan was given a side impact test at 50kmph, scoring 16 out of 16. The test found 'good' protection for the head, chest, abdomen and pelvic area.
- Side Pole Impact Test – In this test, the safety of the driver's head, stomach and hips was found to be good. At the same time, the safety of the chest was said to be negligible. Based on the performance of these three tests, the Maruti Dzire has scored 31.24 points out of 34 in the adult safety category, which is good enough for a 5-star safety rating.
Maruti Dzire: Child Occupant Protection Crash Test
- Frontal Impact Test – During this test, a 3-year-old child dummy was made to sit forward, providing full protection to the head and neck, but limited protection to the neck in the forward test. During the crash test, an 18-month-old baby dummy was installed in the rear-facing seat, providing full head protection.
- Side Impact Test – In this test, the child restraint system of both dummies provided complete protection. The Dezire scored 39.20 out of 49 points in the child protection category, good enough to get a 4-star crash test rating in this category.
Maruti Dzire: Safety features The Model 6 included in the crash test was equipped with airbags, an electronic stability program (ESC), 3-point seatbelts with reminders for all seats, ISOFIX mounts for the rear seats, and front seatbelt pretensioners and load limiters.
The 2024 Maruti Dzire comes with features like 6 airbags, ESC, rear parking sensors, ISOFIX child seat mount, rear defogger, seat-belt reminder, 3-point seatbelts for all seats and hill-hold assist from the base variant LXi. While, its top variant also gets features like Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) and 360-degree camera.
Crash test procedure
1. For testing, 4 to 5 human-like dummies were placed in the car. A child dummy is placed in the rear seat, which is fixed to the child ISOFIX anchor seat.
2. The vehicle collides with an offset deformable barrier (hard object) at a fixed speed to see how much damage the vehicle and the dummy have. This is done in three ways.
3. The test looks at the extent of damage to the dummy after the impact, whether the airbags and safety features work or not. Based on all these the rating is given.
Crash test scoring
| Adult Safety | Child Safety | ||
|
Star rating |
score |
Star rating |
score |
|
5 stars |
27 |
5 stars |
41 |
|
4 stars |
22 |
4 stars |
35 |
|
3 stars |
16 |
3 stars |
27 |
|
2 stars |
10 |
2 stars |
18 |
|
1 star |
4 |
1 star |
9 |
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