Fasten your seat belts: two local cars get ‘average’ safety scores from global tester

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Global NCAP has raised concerns about the Nissan Almera and Mazda 2’s safety after crash test ratings

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Global NCAP’s #SaferCarsForAfrica project only tests frontal crash protection for occupants. Side impact and pedestrian protection assessments will form part of the further evolution of Global NCAP’s crash test protocols in Africa.Alejandro Furas, NCAP’s outspoken secretary-general, said though the Mazda 2 and Nissan Almera had average crash test results, “we are concerned that both cars had failures in their driver seats, more severe in the Nissan than in the Mazda”.

AA SA’s CEO Willem Groenewald, said the latest round of testing was “encouraging”, especially the four-star rating achieved by the Mazda 2. “But the results show there are still some safety deficiencies in vehicles available in SA, and this should serve as a marker to manufacturers and safety authorities of the need for improved basic safety features, which should be offered as standard on all models available locally.

David Ward, executive president of the Towards Zero Foundation, said the sort of seat failures the two cars had were “troubling”. “We would urge Mazda and Nissan to address these issues as a priority and to significantly improve the safety features equipped on their models as standard,” he said. “Consumers in Africa deserve the same levels of vehicle safety performance which are taken for granted in other parts of the world.”

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