Five-star safety for Mazda CX-30

Australia’s leading crash safety authority has awarded the new Mazda CX-30 a maximum five-star safety rating ahead of the compact SUV’s Aussie launch.

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program said the CX-30, which will slot between the CX-3 and CX-5 when it reaches local showrooms next month, achieved a “near-perfect” score for adult occupant protection, an 80 per cent vulnerable road user protection rating and a 76 per cent safety assist rating.

“The Mazda CX-30 achieved the highest Adult Occupant Protection score we’ve recorded to-date with an impressive score of 99%,” said ANCAP chief executive James Goodwin.

“It performed exceptionally well across the range of destructive crash tests including the full width, side impact, oblique pole and whiplash tests. Only minor reductions were seen for potential injury risk to the lower legs in the frontal offset test.”

Goodwin said the CX-30’s child protection rating was likewise strong at 88 per cent, commenting that, despite its relatively small stature, the city SUV could safely accommodate multiple child restraints.

“Autonomous emergency braking performance was good with vehicle-to-vehicle collisions avoided or mitigated across higher-speed scenarios,” Goodwin added.

“Active lane keep assist functionality also showed areas of good performance however the system does not have the capability to intervene in more critical emergency lane keeping scenarios.”

The CX-30 will launch in Australia next month priced from under $30,000.

It will boast dual front, side chest-protecting and side head-protecting (curtain air bags), plus a driver’s knee airbag standard, while its driver aid suite will include autonomous emergency braking (city, inter-urban and vulnerable road user), lane keep assist with lane departure warning, plus a speed assistance system on all variants.

The ANCAP full safety report is available here.