Not long ago, the European E-NCAP announced the safety test results of the 2022 Honda HR-V and the 2022 DS4. Contrary to what we expected, these two cars did not reach the five-star rating, but only reached the four-star rating, does that mean that the results of these two cars are not passed? After all, the 22 Honda HR-V will also enter the domestic sale this year.
First, let's look at the E-NCAP test process and standards, which are pedestrian safety, adult occupant safety, child occupant safety, and on-board safety assistive technology. In order to obtain a five-star evaluation, it is necessary to obtain 80% or more scores in the two major links of adult safety and child safety, 60% and above in pedestrian safety, and 70% and above in active safety assistive technology.
Judging from the results, the Honda HR-V has only 75% of the score rate in the child crew, so even if the other three segments score high, it will not help.
Specifically, first of all, in the adult occupant protection, the frontal collision and side collision scores were 13.8 and 13, and the two subdivisions achieved good results. Through the test, whether it is 25% of the front or the side collision, hr-V can have a good performance, the key A and B pillars have not been deformed or broken. Both the front airbag and the side air curtain can be quickly opened at the moment of collision and can effectively alleviate the impact energy of the occupants.
In the child crew segment, the scoring rate was only 75%, which did not reach the passing line, and the main deduction point was because a considerable number of points were deducted in the crash test for children aged 6 to 10 years old, and only 18.3 points were scored on the full score of 24 points.
The pedestrian collision score rate is 72%, which can be well protected for the head and legs of pedestrians, but the pelvis protection for pedestrians is poor. In addition, the HR-V's active braking system can effectively identify other vehicles and pedestrians and react in a very short time, avoiding or mitigating collisions.
Finally, the on-board safety assistance technology, thanks to the HR-V equipped with a Set of Honda sensing driver assistance system, so the performance in this link is relatively good, the scoring rate reaches 78%, if you can add the driver status detection device, then the results will be more prominent.
After watching the HR-V, the next look at the DS4, the car also only received a four-star evaluation, mainly because the scoring rate of the vehicle safety assistance link was only 65%, and it failed to reach the 70% passing line.
Specifically, DS4 is very well protected for adults, with frontal collision and side impact scores of 12.8 and 15.3, and side collisions are almost full scores, mainly because airbags are set up in the middle of the front passengers to effectively avoid collisions between occupants.
In the child occupant protection link, the scoring rate was 86%, which was much better than the Honda HR-V, especially for children aged 6 to 10 years old, the score reached 23.6, and it should be known that the full score was only 24, which was quite good.
The pedestrian collision score rate is 74%, and the damage to pedestrians in collisions is greatly reduced due to the provision of pedestrian protection devices. In addition, the DS4 active braking system can identify pedestrians and vehicles on the road and react quickly.
The reason why DS4 is being held back by the active safety program is mainly because the AEB system does not perform well in response to other cars. However, in the high-end model, due to the addition of radar on the basis of the original camera, AEB's recognition response to the vehicle has been greatly improved compared with the basic version, and the DS4 has successfully obtained a five-star evaluation.
summary
On the whole, both cars have some undeserved deduction points, resulting in a five-star evaluation. This also shows that the new car still has insufficient places, and it needs to continue to repair and follow up in the future.