| Front and side impact rating |
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Pedestrian test rating |
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Test Scores: Front 6(38%) Side 13(72%) Overall 19(56%) Pedestrian 15(42%)
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A
reasonable performance with the survival space mostly
maintained but compromised by chest contact with the
steering wheel and problems in the footwell. Child
restraints had problems, but there is a better than most
pedestrian performance though. |
Impact
Protection
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| Driver
Front Impact |
Passenger
Front Impact |
Driver
Side Impact |
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Frontal
Impact
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| Protection
is provided by driver’s and passenger’s airbags and
with pretensioners on the seatbelts to prevent slack so
preventing excessive forward movement in a crash. After
problems found during the initial Euro NCAP test the
pretensioners were included as standard items on this
model and were subjected to a retest. Despite this the
driver still contacted the steering wheel with his chest
which lost marks. Hard structures under the facia were
hazardous to the driver’s knees, and the brake pedal was
hazardous to the feet. A rear seat belt released late in
the test by being struck by some object in the car. Daewoo
took prompt action to ensure premature release cannot
happen again by installing improved rear seat belts on all
cars produced from June 2000. Only a simple two point
static belt was fitted in the centre rear seat, which can
cause severe spinal and abdominal injuries. |
Side
Impact
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| The
head and chest results were good. The arm rest on the door
loaded the abdomen and the door trim below the arm rest
loaded the pelvis. Overall this is a creditable
performance from a car without a side airbag. |
Child
Restraint
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| The
child restraints for the 1½-year-old had to be fitted
with the adult seatbelt using an alternative belt route to
prevent incompatibility between the child restraint and
the seatbelt buckle. This could easily lead to misuse
especially as the labelling was not good. Overall the
performance of this child restraints was poor. The
3-year-old restraint was very poor in the frontal crash
and failed to contain the head in side impact. This
performance was not helped by the problems with the rear
seat buckle mentioned above. |
Pedestrian
Protection
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| The
pedestrian performance was close to gaining three stars
with only the lower leg performance being poor. Unusually
the front edge of the bonnet was relatively kind. |
Model
history and safety equipment
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| Matiz
introduced in Korea in March 1998 and introduced in Europe
in September 1999.The 2000 model year SE+ features driver
and passenger airbags, front belt pretensioners and power
assisted steering as standard. Revised rear safety belt
buckles are to be fitted from June 2000 production from
VIN YC535352. |
| Make,
model and hand of drive |
Daewoo
Matiz SE+ RHD |
| Body
type |
5-door
hatchback |
| Model
year |
1999
and 2000 |
| Kerb
weight |
828
kg |
| VIN
and date when rating applies |
Jan
2000 YC461799 |
| Cars
built on the same platform |
None |
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