Jakarta-Toyota Avanza has again successfully passed the crash test. This time it was led by the world New Car Assessment programme (NCAP) with car associations in South Africa. Toyota Avanza is one of the most popular models in South Africa. Most of them are used as private vehicles, but few use them for public transport. In this crash test, the Global NCAP uses the lowest version of the Toyota Avanza, but as a standard it is equipped with two airbags.
After passing a series of tests, the results are very surprising. Global NCAP writes the estimates for adult and Child Passenger protection very differently.
Toyota Avanza scored 11.57 points against 17.00 for the adult passenger protection category. According to the results of the evaluation Avanza gets four stars or less from a star to have the perfect level of protection for adult passengers. In the child protection passenger category, the results were very disappointing. The reason only gained the score 19.83 of the maximum number 49.00. For example, the car produced in Indonesia won only two stars.
The reason why Global NCAP gives the Toyota Avanza four stars in the category of adult passenger protection is that the structure and surface of the foot is considered unstable. But the car's safety systems work well, including seat belt reminders (SBR) for drivers and passengers.
Meanwhile, the passenger's child protection Class, Global NCAP, noted when the car crashed into the hard rear seat. Of course, it will be very dangerous for passengers of children, especially at the age of 3.
"These results are encouraging, but they show that the manufacturer has to do a lot of 'homework' to protect the child passengers in the car. Although we have minimum safety standards for vehicles in South Africa, we have to understand that this minimum is not enough. Based on the results of this impact test, we advise consumers to be more critical of vehicle safety devices before purchasing and paying more attention to their own safety and passenger safety," said Sikki Kaji, AA's Executive President in South Africa.
The ASEAN NCAP also verified the advance.
Toyota Avanza's low-end vehicle (LMPV) segment has also suffered from the ASEAN NCAP test. The impact test was carried out around 2015, when Toyota has just released the latest version of the Avanza. After passing the run and run test, the NCAP of ASEAN gave him four stars.
The latest Toyota Avanza is known to be equipped with a number of safety features such as airbags, side impact beams, ISOFIX, ABS brakes and others.