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Originally Posted by sandeepmohan I'd be interested to know what a Verna would look like after a similar hit the Renault took. |
It may not look too different. However, in a Verna SX(O) with 6 airbags, even the occupants sitting on the left side of the car (where the damage is the greatest) would have had a
slightly better chance of survival due to the side and curtain airbags, but only if they were wearing their seat-belts in the first place.
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Originally Posted by sandeepmohan I find it hard to believe the Indica caused most of the damage we see. Looks more like the result of what the car hit after the Indica. |
+1. Even if the damage on the left side was caused by the collision with the Indica, it looks like the car had already suffered enough damage before (and/or maybe after) that. I think it must have hit the divider at a high speed, then rolled over before coming on to the path of the Indica, whose driver must have had no time to react.
May the souls of those unfortunate occupants rest in peace!
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Originally Posted by tbppjpr Cars DO go through T-bone and side on collisions also. |
Yes, but not all NCAPs have side impact tests as a part of the procedure. Euro-NCAP does have side impact and the more severe pole impact tests, but not Latin-NCAP, for instance. And the few Indian cars that were crash tested by Global-NCAP were tested according to Latin-NCAP standards.
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Originally Posted by tbppjpr I would be interested to see Indian Scala/Sunny crash test ratings if they have ever gone through any kind of crash testing.
I have always considered them as hollow and built to cost cars. |
It's not fair to dismiss a car as unsafe, simply based on our own perceptions. The Sunny (by whatever name it is known in different markets) performed quite well (4* overall) in NCAP tests in the USA, Japan, ASEAN and China.
The 2012 Nissan Versa (US version of the Sunny/Scala) was in fact rated as
one of the top safety picks by the IIHS (which sets very stringent safety standards):
http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...?__federated=1
Of course, the Indian version would not get the same rating (as it does not even have side and curtain airbags). Only the facelifted Sunny (which has just been released) has side (but not curtain) airbags and that too, only on the XV P (Safety) variant.
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Originally Posted by tbppjpr Indica model involved here wasn't even designed considering crash tests neither that version has any kind of effective crumple zones, still looks in much better state. |
The "looks" of a car after a crash has a somewhat low correlation to how well it had protected its occupants, especially in a crash like this. A vehicle like the Hindustan Ambassador with a "strong build" would look rather intact after a medium-high speed collision. Sadly, the occupants would have very little chance of surviving the crash.
If the roles had been reversed i.e. if the Indica had been in the place of the Scala (and vice-versa), the unfortunate occupants would have probably had even less chance of survival than they had in the Scala.
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Originally Posted by adarsh.n How do you say they weren't wearing seatbelts? Please correct me if I missed any thing?
The crash seems so strong that I doubt even a seatbelt could've saved them as the impact is from the sides and the chances of you breaking ribs and puncturing vital organs are high!!! |
We won't know for sure whether any of the passengers were belted in place or not. Unless someone who was there at the scene can confirm it.
It's just that the right side of the car (driver's side) hasn't suffered that much damage. The driver and the passenger sitting right behind him/her would have had a small chance of surviving the crash (with injuries) if they had been wearing seat-belts.
Still, one cannot be sure of this, unless we have eye-witness confirmation.