Recently Volvo’s new XC60 SUV underwent its share of ANCAP safety testing and it did not disappoint.
The mid-sized SUV achieved the maximum 5-star ANCAP safety rating whilst achieving class-leading scores in at least two key areas of assessment.
ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, Mr James Goodwin, stated: “The XC60 passed the assessment achieving not only 5 stars, but taking out the highest scores to date in the areas of Adult Occupant Protection and Safety Assist.”
The new highest scores for the two areas set by the XC60 were 98 per cent for Adult Occupant Protection and 95 per cent for Safety Assist.
“High levels of protection were recorded for occupants in all four crash tests, with only the chest of the rear passenger in the full-width test and the lower legs of the driver in the frontal offset test seeing points deducted.”
“All body regions received full scores in the side impact and pole tests.”
“This model is fitted as standard with an autonomous emergency braking system which operates at high and low speeds and can detect pedestrians. Performance testing of this system earned the vehicle full points. It also has an intelligent speed assistance system which uses a camera to recognise and inform the driver of the local speed limit,” Mr Goodwin said.
The 5-star safety rating applies to most variants of the XC60 including the D4, D5, T5 and T6 variants however the T8 hybrid variant is yet to be tested and currently remains unrated.
This result isn’t really a surprise, Volvo has a decorated history when it comes to safety. Nevertheless, it’s always good to have the reputation justified.
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