Citroën Basalt has become the safest coupe SUV in India. It received a 4-star safety rating in the adult and child protection categories in the Bharat New Car Assessment Program (BNCAP or Bharat NCAP) crash tests, which applies to all variants. In the crash test, the car scored 26.19 points out of 32 for adult safety and 35.90 out of 49 points for child safety.
The Basalt is the fifth vehicle and the first from Citroën to be tested at the BNCAP. Previously, crash tests of Tata Safari, Harrier, Nexon and Punch were conducted by an Indian agency. All these Tata cars have achieved a 5-star safety rating in the crash test.
Citroën Basalt crash test in Bharat NCAP.
A crash test of all four variants of the car was carried out The car underwent a crash test in August, but BNCAP released its results today (October 13). The Indian agency tested different variants of Basalt during the crash test. This includes the U and Plus trims for the NA petrol versions, as well as the Plus and Max trims for the turbo-petrol versions. The manual and automatic transmission options of these versions were also tested.
Citroën Basalt was launched by the French company in August this year. The starting ex-showroom price of the SUV-coupe is Rs 7.99 lakh, which goes up to Rs 13.57 lakh in the top variant. The car is equipped with advanced safety features with 6 airbags.
Citroën Basalt: Crash test for adult occupant protection
Frontal impact- In the frontal impact test carried out at a speed of 64 km/h, Basalt scored 10.19 points out of 16. In this context, the protection of the head and neck of the driver and passenger proved to be safe. At the same time, the safety of the driver’s thorax was marginal and that of the passenger’s thorax was considered adequate. In the test, the driver’s and passenger’s thighs received a marginal safety rating. Apart from this, the driver’s right leg received an adequate safety rating, the left leg received a marginal rating, and both toes received an adequate safety rating. At the same time, it was found that the passenger’s right leg had good protection and the left leg had adequate protection.Side impact test – The electric vehicle was tested in the event of a side impact at a speed of 50 km/h, for which it obtained a score of 16 out of 16. In this context, protection of the driver’s head, waist and hips is was found to be quite safe, while the driver’s chest protection also proved to be good.Side pole test – In this test, the safety of the driver’s head, chest, waist and hips was found to be good. Based on the performance of these three tests, Citroën Basalt obtained 26.19 points out of 32 and a 5-star safety rating in the adult protection category.
Tata Punch: crash test for the protection of child occupants In this test, the pacifiers of an 18-month-old and a 3-year-old were placed on the child restraint system in the opposite direction. Basalt scored 35.90 points out of 49 in the child protection category, earning it a 4-star crash test rating in this category. However, information on protection levels has not been shared.
Crash test process
1. For the test, 4-5 human-like mannequins sit in the car. There is a child mannequin on the rear seat, which is attached to the ISOFIX.2 child seat. The vehicle collides with an offset deformable barrier (hard object) at a fixed speed to see the extent of damage to the vehicle and dummy. This is done in three ways.
During the frontal impact test, the car is hit by a barrier at a speed of 64 km/h. During the side impact test, the car is hit by a barrier at a speed of 50 km/h. During the pole side impact test, the car will be hit. be seen hitting a pole at a fixed speed. If the car gets 3 stars in the first two tests, the third test is carried out.
2. The test helps determine the extent of damage caused to the dummy after the impact, whether the airbags and safety devices worked or not. The rating is assigned based on all of these elements.