Crash tests in various countries are now "open-book tests" because the crash criteria have long been made public. Therefore, if the manufacturer takes a hard look at the rules of the crash test, it is easier to get a 5-star collision score. So that's why we can see so many 5-star cars.
But even so, there are some manufacturers who have not carefully studied the collision rules, such as the Honda HR-V, which recently received a 4-star rating in a collision test in Europe. In my opinion, 4 stars is a relatively average result.
HR-V is the domestic Binzhi or XR-V, which has not yet been listed in the domestic market.
Let's first look at the European E-NCAP crash test rules, 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.
The main points lost by the Honda HR-V is that the child crew segment scoring rate is only 75%.
A 75% scoring rate means that the passing line is not reached, mainly because a considerable number of points were deducted in the crash test for children aged 6 to 10, and only 18.3 points were scored on a full 24 points.
The image above is the image inside the car when the occupants and children safely collide. In addition to losing this missed link, honda HR-V has performed well in other aspects.
Many users may have such a question, the European version of HR-V collision score is 4 stars, so how many stars is the collision score after domestic production? Will it still be 4 stars?
If our collision standard is the same as the European E-NCAP standard, then the domestic HR-V must also be four-star. The reason is simple. First of all, at the level of the car, Honda is not bad at reducing the allocation in China, and don't expect its safety to be better than the European version. The second is the family, the dummies currently used by domestic crash testing institutions are imported. So the car is the same car, the dummy is the same dummy, and if the collision criteria are the same, then the result must be the same.
But the difference is that China's crash test standards are different from those in Europe. The standards of China's two authoritative testing institutions, China Insurance Research Institute and C-NCAP, although they will also refer to the standards of the United States and Europe, will also be combined with the actual situation in China for crash testing. In the Chinese crash test standard, if there is no child test project in the car, then it is likely that this problem of HR-V cannot be found, and we can get 5 stars.