ANCAP: Five-star safety for 2024 Toyota C-HR
Stylish new compact SUV aces ANCAP’s latest assessment protocols in almost every areaThe 2024 Toyota C-HR has been awarded a maximum five-star ANCAP safety rating and in the process the all-new hybrid compact SUV has become the first model assigned a 2024 date stamp by the independent automotive safety body.
Toyota’s funky Corolla Cross stablemate scored 85 per cent for its adult occupant protection, 88 per cent for its child occupant protection, 86 per cent for vulnerable road user protection and 82 per cent for its safety assists, making it one of the most consistent performances recorded thus far against ANCAP’s strict 2023-2025 protocols.
‘Good’ scores were noted across most of the destructive tests, with the only blemishes on the scorecard being ‘marginal’ protection of the driver’s chest in the frontal offset test and for the driver’s chest and rear passenger in the full-width frontal test, the latter of which slipped beneath the lap section of the seatbelt.
It was a similar story for the vulnerable road user and safety assist examinations, which all yielded good results across the board, with special mention going to the C-HR’s ‘pedestrian-friendly’ bumper design, its car-to-car autonomous emergency braking performance and lane support system.
A big tick was also put next to the C-HR’s submergence countermeasures, with the windows and doors remaining functional beyond the two-minute requirement when the vehicle was submerged in water.
ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg said the inevitably popular SUV’s “balanced level of protection” and “active collision avoidance capability” put it “squarely above the five-star threshold for all four” assessment areas.
The C-HR becomes the 11th model tested against ANCAP’s latest and most stringent criteria, a crop thus far comprising eight five-star ratings, two four-stars and two zero-stars.
“It is great to see the majority of models rated against our most stringent criteria yet reaching and exceeding five-star thresholds,” Hoorweg said.
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