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Pedestrian test rating |
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Test Scores: Front 7(44%) Side 15(83%) Overall 22(65%) Pedestrian 19(53%)
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Overall
a creditable performance but weaker in frontal impact than
in side impact. The first car in Euro NCAP tests to
achieve 3 stars for pedestrian impact. No child restraints
are recommended to Daihatsu customers, and better
protection of children from passenger airbags are
omissions that needs correction. |
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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| Even
with only small disruption around the door opening there
were problems the beam holding the instrument panel and
the steering column as this was tearing away from the
screen pillar. This increases the danger to the driver if
in other accidents it became worse than seen in this test.
The car was equipped with reel mounted pyrotechnic seat
belt retractors which are designed to limit forward
movement in the event of a crash. However in this test the
driver’s chest still contacted the steering wheel and
this can cause serious injury. The knee contact area under
the facia was aggressive but other than this the legs and
feet were at a reasonably low risk of injury. 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
Sirion did commendably well in side impact, especially as
no side impact airbag was fitted. Only the abdomen had an
increased risk of injury from the intruding arm rest.
Other areas of the body were protected, but the loading on
the chest was reduced by an interaction between the dummy
and seat structure that could not occur with a human
torso. |
Child
Restraint
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passenger airbag is standard and Daihatsu need to take
seriously the risk to children in rear facing child
restraints fitted onto the front passenger’s seat. Only
a poorly understood pictogram and text on one side of the
sun visor (which did not warn of the risk of death) were
fitted. Daihatsu also do not recommend a child restraint
to their customers. The safe carriage of children in a car
is important enough for a car manufacturer to take it
seriously and make recommendations as to how this can be
achieved. Daihatsu did though recommend the child
restraints in this test. The restraint for the 1½-year-old
gave reasonable protection both in front and side impact
except the head was not contained within the restraint in
side impact. The restraint for the 3-year-old failed to
protect the chest in frontal impact although the head was
protected. |
Pedestrian
Protection
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is the first car to obtain 3 stars for pedestrian impact
and Daihatsu are to be congratulated for achieving this
result. The reason for this best performance is that the
front of the car is markedly more friendly towards
pedestrians than most other cars. |
Model
history and safety equipment
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| Sirion
introduced in Feb '98 in Japan and in Europe in May 1998.
The 2000 model year car features dual frontal airbags,
front safety belt pretensioners & load limiters and
power assisted steering. Optional equipment includes side
impact airbags & ABS. |
| Make,
model and hand of drive |
Daihatsu
Sirion M100LS LHD |
| Body
type |
3-door
hatchback |
| Model
year |
2000 |
| Kerb
weight |
859
kg |
| VIN
and date when rating applies |
JDAM100S000532234 |
| Cars
built on the same platform |
None |
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