{"id":454352,"date":"2020-12-06T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T08:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=454352"},"modified":"2020-12-04T12:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T10:22:17","slug":"watch-cars-struggle-to-meet-safety-requirements-in-south-african-crash-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/454352\/watch-cars-struggle-to-meet-safety-requirements-in-south-african-crash-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Cars struggle to meet safety requirements in South African crash test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Global NCAP and AA South Africa have published the latest round of crash test results for some of South Africa&#8217;s most popular cars.<\/p>\n<p>The three models tested, the Steed 5 pick up from Great Wall, the Haval H1 five-door SUV, and the Kwid five-door compact from Renault, all gave serious cause for concern with poor levels of adult and child protection.<\/p>\n<p>Alarmingly, the results show that the zero-rated Great Wall Steed 5 demonstrated a high probability of life-threatening injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Another zero star rated bakkie gives us very serious cause for concern in our latest crash test results for Africa,&#8221; said Alejandro Furas, Global NCAP secretary-general.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The potential for life-threatening injury in the Steed 5 follows the zero-star performance of the Nissan Hardbody pick up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The contrast between the marketing claims for such vehicles and the reality of their poor safety performance could not be more stark.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Wall Steed 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the 2018 crash test of the Nissan NP300 Hardbody, Global NCAP selected the Great Wall Steed 5, which competes on price with the Nissan in the pickup category.<\/p>\n<p>The Steed 5 was tested in the basic version without airbags. Driver dummy readings showed a red head and brown chest and neck, which translates into poor protection for head and weak protection for neck and chest.<\/p>\n<p>Those body parts are considered critical body regions. The structure was considered as unstable as was the footwell area.<\/p>\n<p>The deformation in the passenger compartment and movement of the steering column questions if an airbag would be able to prevent serious injuries to the driver.<\/p>\n<p>As the manufacturer decided not to recommend a Child Restraint System (CRS) for the test, zero points were awarded for the child occupant dynamic assessment score.<\/p>\n<p>The three-year-old dummy CRS broke during the impact due to the poor performance of the restrain system. The Steed 5 does not have ISOFIX anchorages for the child seats in the rear and lacks three-point belts in all seating positions.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R2Td_ypwMVM\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Renault Kwid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Renault Kwid was tested by Global NCAP when it was launched in India in 2016 and its structure has since been improved.<\/p>\n<p>A version manufactured in Brazil was later tested by Latin NCAP where it achieved 3 stars, with side body airbags added to frontal airbags and ABS.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, the Kwid with the recent facelift offers two airbags as standard. The protection offered to the driver&#8217;s head was rated adequate and good for the passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Both necks show good protection, but the driver chest showed weak protection. An unstable body structure, unstable footwell structure and pedal movement explain the two stars for adult occupant protection.<\/p>\n<p>The child occupant protection showed poor performance as the head contacted the interior of the car. The lack of three-point belts in all seating positions and lack of ISOFIX anchorages contribute to the 2-star rating for child occupant protection.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IJoOBjIIh_I\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haval H1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Haval H1 is part of the popular new vehicle segment of small SUVs. The H1 offers two airbags as standard.<\/p>\n<p>The injuries recorded in the driver and passenger head and neck showed good protection. The driver&#8217;s chest showed weak protection and passenger chest showed good protection.<\/p>\n<p>Feet showed poor protection, which together with the driver readings, unstable structure and unstable footwell area explain the two-star rating for adult occupant protection.<\/p>\n<p>Child occupant protection was negatively affected because the manufacturer refused to indicate a CRS for use in the test bringing dynamic points to zero.<\/p>\n<p>The CRS selected by Global NCAP used the ISOFIX anchorages available in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Both child dummies heads contacted the car during the test threatening the safety of the child occupants. Lack of proper ISOFIX markings and the lack of a passenger airbag disabling switch resulted in a two-star child occupant protection rating for the H1.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QmUZ7FzEYMg\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/454016\/volkswagen-reveals-r1-million-bakkie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Volkswagen reveals R1 million bakkie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global NCAP and AA South Africa have published the latest round of crash test results for some of South AFrica&#8217;s most popular cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":454360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[6926,26,12599],"class_list":["post-454352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-aa","tag-headline","tag-ncap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454352"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":454796,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454352\/revisions\/454796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}