Tata Nexon awarded 5-star rating in BNCAP crash tests
5-star rating applicable to all 121 Nexon petrol and diesel variants.
The Bharat New Car Assessment Program (BNCAP) has announced today the crash rating for the Tata Nexon; the compact SUV secured 5 stars for both adult and child occupant protection. The ratings are for the petrol- as well as diesel-powered versions and with this, the ICE Nexon now joins the electric Nexon, which also secured a 5-star rating back in May this year.
The Nexon tested was the Fearless Diesel AMT model, but as per the standard practices of NCAPs, weight calculations and allowances are made for other variants and thus BNCAP has awarded the score to all other variants. The Nexon secured a total score of 29.41 out of a maximum score of 32 for Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) with the crash test dummies showing a good or adequate rating for all measured areas of the body.
Coming to Child Occupant Protection (COP) the Nexon scored 43.83 out of a maximum possible score of 49 points. These points are only marginally below the Nexon EV's scores, which scored 29.86 for adult occupant protection and 44.95 for child occupant protection.
Bharat New Car Assessment Program (BNCAP) explained
The BNCAP program long in the works, was officially in place in December last year with the Tata Harrier and Safari being the first cars to be tested and scores released, both secured a 5-star rating.The Bharat NCAP protocol is modelled very closely on the GNCAP protocol with the only difference between the two being under GNCAP, the maximum AOP score is 34 points, whereas under BNCAP, it's 32 points. This is because both protocols award 16 points each for front and side impact, but GNCAP awards two extra points for the presence of seat belt reminders – half a point for each of the front seats and 1 point for the second-row.
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