India-bound Toyota Vios scores 5-star ASEAN NCAP rating

The Toyota Vios has been awarded a 5-star rating in the ASEAN NCAP crash tests. The Vios scored 44.70 points for adult occupant protection, 21.66 points for child safety and 15.28 points for its on-board safety assist for a total of 81.63 points. 

In the frontal impact test, the driver’s head and knee were well protected while protection for the chest and lower leg was found to be adequate. Crash protection for the passenger’s right leg was found to be marginal. The car offered good protection in the side impact crash test. When subjected to frontal and side impact tests to ascertain child occupant safety, the Vios scored 8 and 4 points respectively.

A 1.5-litre engine powered the tested Vios. The kerb weight of the vehicle was 1,115 kg. The test car was equipped with 7 airbags and seat belt pretensioner and load limiter for driver and passenger.

When the ASEAN NCAP tested the Vios earlier, it had scored a 4-star rating. Now, all variants of the 2018 Toyota Vios come fitted with 7 airbags as standard. It also gets seat belt reminder for front passengers and Electronic Stability Control on all variants, which helped bump up its overall safety rating.

This rating applies to the made in Thailand cars that will be sold in Singapore, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. That said, the exact rating of the upcoming India-spec car is not yet known.