Toyota Corolla Cross sets new vulnerable road user safety record
New Nissan X-TRAIL, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport also garner five-star ANCAP ratingsANCAP has handed down maximum five-star safety ratings to the new Toyota Corolla Cross, Nissan X-TRAIL, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport in the penultimate month of the 2020-2022 crash testing protocols.
The new Toyota Corolla Cross drew special praise for its record-breaking vulnerable road user protection score of 87 per cent – the highest of any vehicle tested against the current rating criteria.
Toyota’s new-generation small SUV backed up the impressive feat with adult and child occupant protection scores of 85 and 87 per cent respectively and an 83 per cent mark for its safety assist systems.
The headline act of the upcoming new Nissan X-TRAIL’s performance was the 97 per cent score awarded for its safety assist systems, but the upcoming mid-size SUV also performed well across the other fields, scoring 91 and 90 per cent for its adult and child occupant protection respectively and 74 per cent for its vulnerable road user protection.
As for the Range Rovers, the two models could hardly be split despite their different proportions and price points, with both large luxury SUVs netting child occupant protection scores of 86 per cent and safety assist scores of 84 per cent.
The variance can be found primarily in their vulnerable road user protection scores, with the full-size Rangie scoring 72 per cent compared to the Sport’s 69.
Just one percentage point separated their adult occupant protection results, with the Sport coming out on top this time around (85 v 84%).
Unlike some other models, the five-star safety ratings awarded to the Corolla Cross, X-TRAIL, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport encompass all available variants and powertrain options.
ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg said it was pleasing to see a “continued high level of safety performance offered from a range of brands” as the 2020-2022 protocol period neared its end before the implementation of a “broadened” ANCAP test regime in 2023.
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