Safest cars on sale 2017

Car safety is a big deal. While a car with poor fuel economy may cost you more money, or a car with a noisy engine may cost you your sanity, safety is different – because a car that performs badly in a crash could cost you your life.

Gratefully, everyone agrees on the importance of good results in safety tests – including car manufacturers. Knowing that safety is such a high priority for most car buyers means manufacturers are permanently battling with each other to produce the safest cars; an automotive arms race, fought with airbags and radar technology.

Of course, it’s useful to know which car models are the safest on the market, and that’s where Euro NCAP comes in. Standing for European Fresh Car Assessment Program, it’s an organisation that’s recently feast its 20th bday – and all that time, its been providing an impartial crash test rating for every fresh volume-manufactured car sold in Europe. NCAP lets us know which are the safest cars on the road, as well as which ones are best avoided from a safety standpoint.

The sheer volume of safety kit out there is baffling, and it seems a daily occurence that car manufacturers develop some groundbreaking fresh kit to prevent injury in an accident. NCAP makes it simpler for the car buyer by testing cars in a series of crash tests, and providing ratings across four categories before awarding a starlet rating out of five.

How do the Euro NCAP Car safety tests work?

Cars are crashed into obstacles head-on, side-on and slightly offset to one side. The cars are fitted with sophisticated crash-test dummies covered in sensors, which tell researchers the compels applied to various figure parts in an influence. The crash tests give a picture of the overall safety of the car – effectiveness of seatbelts and airbags as well as its bod rigidity during a crash. Cars are evaluated for safety of adult occupants, child occupants, and junior children in decently fitted car seats.

Cars are then tested for pedestrian safety, and a dummy gam and head are fired at the front to gauge the compels involved in a pedestrian collision.

A latest development has been the addition of a ‘safety assist’ category to the Euro NCAP tests. This refers to equipment such as autonomous braking and lane-keeping assist which doesn’t aid in a crash, but prevents it happening in the very first place. This category is so significant now that it’s unlikely for a vehicle to achieve the utter five-star rating if it’s not tooled with some of these ‘active safety’ features.

The confusing part for consumers comes when attempting to compare cars. Euro NCAP permanently revises its testing criteria, making it more and more difficult for cars to reach the total five-star rating. A five starlet car tested in two thousand ten would more than likely only receive three or four starlets if tested in 2016, as the tests become more stringent and challenging.

It’s good news for car buyers however, as pursuing a utter five-star rating has kick-started manufacturers into truly concentrating on safety features. A fresh car can’t truly be considered class-leading anymore without a top recommendation from Euro NCAP.

With that in mind, here’s Euro NCAP’s list of the safest cars it’s tested under the modern testing procedures. Most were tested under the two thousand fifteen testing procedures, but a few of the top cars were tested under the updated two thousand sixteen conditions. In any case, these models represent the pinnicle of fresh car safety in each sector of today’s market.

Safest cars tested by Euro NCAP in two thousand fifteen and 2016

Of these, there is one overall winner – and it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Volvo XC90 is the safest car Euro NCAP has tested lto date. The big Volvo was tested in two thousand fifteen but it still retained the crown even in 2016. Volvo’s commitment to safety is well-known and one of the brand’s cornerstones.

Euro NCAP’s past safest cars

Nosey about the safest cars from previous years? Here are the last five years of NCAP’s safest cars.

Visit our class winner pages to see previous winners in that car’s class. Be aware tho’ that Euro NCAP’s car classifications have switched over the years so some cars may be in categories that don’t truly define them – for example, the Ford Kuga as a large MPV.

Regardless of class, however, all cars Euro NCAP tests in a particular year go through the same rigorous testing procedure. Just reminisce that even a five-star car from a few years ago may not be considered fairly as safe under current testing procedures.

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Safest cars on sale 2017

Car safety is a big deal. While a car with poor fuel economy may cost you more money, or a car with a noisy engine may cost you your sanity, safety is different – because a car that performs badly in a crash could cost you your life.

Gratefully, everyone agrees on the importance of good results in safety tests – including car manufacturers. Knowing that safety is such a high priority for most car buyers means manufacturers are permanently battling with each other to produce the safest cars; an automotive arms race, fought with airbags and radar technology.

Of course, it’s useful to know which car models are the safest on the market, and that’s where Euro NCAP comes in. Standing for European Fresh Car Assessment Program, it’s an organisation that’s recently feast its 20th bday – and all that time, its been providing an impartial crash test rating for every fresh volume-manufactured car sold in Europe. NCAP lets us know which are the safest cars on the road, as well as which ones are best avoided from a safety standpoint.

The sheer volume of safety kit out there is baffling, and it seems a daily occurence that car manufacturers develop some groundbreaking fresh kit to prevent injury in an accident. NCAP makes it simpler for the car buyer by testing cars in a series of crash tests, and providing ratings across four categories before awarding a starlet rating out of five.

How do the Euro NCAP Car safety tests work?

Cars are crashed into obstacles head-on, side-on and slightly offset to one side. The cars are fitted with sophisticated crash-test dummies covered in sensors, which tell researchers the compels applied to various figure parts in an influence. The crash tests give a picture of the overall safety of the car – effectiveness of seatbelts and airbags as well as its figure rigidity during a crash. Cars are evaluated for safety of adult occupants, child occupants, and junior children in decently fitted car seats.

Cars are then tested for pedestrian safety, and a dummy gam and head are fired at the front to gauge the compels involved in a pedestrian collision.

A latest development has been the addition of a ‘safety assist’ category to the Euro NCAP tests. This refers to equipment such as autonomous braking and lane-keeping assist which doesn’t aid in a crash, but prevents it happening in the very first place. This category is so significant now that it’s unlikely for a vehicle to achieve the total five-star rating if it’s not tooled with some of these ‘active safety’ features.

The confusing part for consumers comes when attempting to compare cars. Euro NCAP permanently revises its testing criteria, making it more and more difficult for cars to reach the utter five-star rating. A five starlet car tested in two thousand ten would more than likely only receive three or four starlets if tested in 2016, as the tests become more stringent and challenging.

It’s good news for car buyers tho’, as pursuing a utter five-star rating has kick-started manufacturers into indeed concentrating on safety features. A fresh car can’t indeed be considered class-leading anymore without a top recommendation from Euro NCAP.

With that in mind, here’s Euro NCAP’s list of the safest cars it’s tested under the modern testing procedures. Most were tested under the two thousand fifteen testing procedures, but a few of the top cars were tested under the updated two thousand sixteen conditions. In any case, these models represent the pinnicle of fresh car safety in each sector of today’s market.

Safest cars tested by Euro NCAP in two thousand fifteen and 2016

Of these, there is one overall winner – and it’s perhaps unsurprising that the Volvo XC90 is the safest car Euro NCAP has tested lto date. The big Volvo was tested in two thousand fifteen but it still retained the crown even in 2016. Volvo’s commitment to safety is well-known and one of the brand’s cornerstones.

Euro NCAP’s past safest cars

Nosey about the safest cars from previous years? Here are the last five years of NCAP’s safest cars.

Visit our class winner pages to see previous winners in that car’s class. Be aware however that Euro NCAP’s car classifications have switched over the years so some cars may be in categories that don’t truly define them – for example, the Ford Kuga as a large MPV.

Regardless of class, however, all cars Euro NCAP tests in a particular year go through the same rigorous testing procedure. Just recall that even a five-star car from a few years ago may not be considered fairly as safe under current testing procedures.

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