Euro NCAP has crash tested the Combi variant of the 2020 Skoda Octavia lineup. The estate has secured a 5 star rating. The tested model included standard active safety features such as Autonomous Emergency Braking and Lane Assist System, in addition to airbags and seat belt pretensioners.
The Octavia Combi was subjected to frontal offset impact, frontal full width impact, side crash, and pole crash tests.
Adult Occupant
For Adult Occupant Protection, the report said that the passenger compartment of the Octavia remained stable in the frontal offset test. Dummy readings indicated good protection of the knees and femurs of the driver and passenger.
In the full-width rigid barrier test, protection of the chest of the rear passenger was marginal but, otherwise, protection was good or adequate for both the driver and rear passenger. In the side barrier impact, protection of all critical body areas was good and the car scored full points in this test. In the more severe side pole test, protection of the chest was rated as marginal, based on dummy readings of rib compression, with good protection of other parts of the body, the report added.
Child Occupant
As for Child Occupant Protection, the report said that in the frontal test, protection of all critical body areas was good for both dummies, apart from the neck of the 10-year dummy, protection of which was marginal. In the side barrier impact, all critical body areas were well protected for both dummies and the Octavia scored maximum points in this part of the assessment. Full report here.
Recommended for you
Leave a Reply
Note: Comments that are unrelated to the post above get automatically filtered into the trash bin.
