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VW ID.Buzz and Mercedes Citan with top rating in Euro NCAP
The vehicles that have received the Gold rating from Euro NCAP are the Citroën Berlingo and its "twins," the FIAT Doblo, the Opel/Vauxhall Combo, and the Peugeot Partner, as well as the Renault Kangoo Van and the Volkswagen Caddy Cargo Van. However, the Mercedes-Benz Citan and the Volkswagen ID. Buzz Cargo perform even better, awarded the highest rating of Platinum by Euro NCAP. Unlike Euro NCAP's safety rating for passenger cars, the organization focuses specifically on collision avoidance technology in their assessment of vans.
New Regulations Effective from July
The reason for this is that in accidents involving small vans, most of the victims are in the opposing vehicle or are unprotected road users. This publication of the test results provides a snapshot of the safety of the small vans currently available to businesses before the new regulations for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in the General Safety Regulations (GSR) come into force in July.
“Since smaller vans are often derived from passenger cars, their drivers can expect an optimal level of safety when equipped with powerful features,” explains Dr. Aled Wiliams, Programme Director of Euro NCAP. “Therefore, it is good news that the results achieved in this publication are predominantly Gold and Platinum. However, Euro NCAP assessed vans with features that were largely classified as 'optional'.”
According to Williams, however, the lack of availability of vans equipped with these accident prevention technologies is alarming. Euro NCAP and his team had difficulty finding vehicles for the tests that were equipped with these options. Among the platinum award winners, only the Volkswagen ID.Buzz Cargo comes standard with this safety technology; at Mercedes, it is still an optional extra. Van manufacturers often offer safety technologies but rarely encourage buyers to order this vital equipment that can save lives.
“When customers have to pay extra for additional safety technology without the benefits being highlighted, the safety technology becomes a bargaining tool,” Williams continued. “There is overwhelming evidence that this safety technology reduces accidents, fatalities, and injuries, protecting drivers and other road users. Therefore, we believe that companies that ignore these options are not fulfilling their social responsibility."
Small vans generally safer than large ones
Euro NCAP has generally found that smaller vans are better equipped with safety assistance technologies than larger trucks, as they are closer in size to passenger cars and are sometimes used as a transition to the passenger car segment. It has been shown that advanced driving technologies have a direct impact on the safety of drivers, other vehicles, and unprotected road users such as pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists.
Stellantis slips up on cyclist protection
The range of safety technologies that Euro NCAP expects in vehicles includes advanced autonomous emergency braking technologies (AEB) for vehicle-to-vehicle, pedestrian, and cyclist, lane-keeping systems, speed and attention assistants. Despite the good results, there is still further progress to be made. For example, the Citroën Berlingo and its twins performed particularly poorly in AEB cyclist protection.
It is expected that from July, when the GSR comes into effect, van manufacturers will have to ensure that some of these safety technologies are standard in this N1 vehicle category.
“However, the philosophy of Euro NCAP is to insist that manufacturers go beyond the legal requirements to ensure that the industry achieves the goals of Vision Zero with performance far exceeding the GSR targets,” emphasizes Williams.
Many of the small vans are also available as taxis, good to know that the practical small transporters are quite safe.
Translated automatically from German.
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