Hyundai
Atoz GLS
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Pedestrian test rating |
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Test Scores: Front 4(25%) Side 14(78%) Overall 18(53%) Pedestrian 15(42%)
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The Atoz’s body
became unstable in the frontal impact, resulting in large steering
wheel movements and substantial brake pedal intrusion. This and high
loading on the driver’s chest led to a poor performance overall.
However, the side impact was very creditable and only the risk of
chest injury lost it points, although the driver’s head struck a
glancing blow on the centre pillar. However, the child restraints
did not perform well especially in the frontal impact, where the
heads of the dummies were allowed to go too far forward. Pedestrian
protection was average for this size of car. |
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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driver’s door remained reasonably straight and could be opened
after the impact. But most of the protection available was on the
limit, including the steering wheel being distorted and the
driver’s head ‘bottoming out’ on the airbag. The front
occupants’ knees risked injury from hazardous areas under and
around the steering column. |
Side
Impact
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side impact was the saving grace for the Atoz: its structure
absorbed the forces and with little obvious padding protecting the
driver, although the chest loading was high. Altogether this was a
very creditable performance which shows careful design. A minus
point was that the driver’s head hit the central pillar, if not
sufficiently to risk serious injury. |
Child
Restraint
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| Hyundai
do not recommend a restraint to the public although they chose the
ones used in this test. They need to take protecting children in
their cars more seriously. The restraints did not protect the
children well. They allowed too much forward movement in the frontal
impact and did not contain their heads in the side impact. This
substantially increased the risk of serious injury for children in
this car. More needs to be done to improve the way in which
restraints are secured. |
Pedestrian
Protection
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| Unusually,
there was some protection for pedestrians’ legs and hips rather
than it being all in the head zones. Even so, there is much that can
be achieved in improving the protection that this car offers. |
Model
history and safety equipment
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| Car
was introduced in Korea during October 1997 and launched in Europe
during February 1998. Standard safety equipment includes a
driver’s airbag and front seat belts with pre-tensioners. |
| Make,
model and hand of drive |
Hyundai
Atoz GLS LHD |
| Body
type |
5-door
hatchback |
| Model
year |
1999 |
| Kerb
weight |
865
kg |
| VIN
and date when rating applies |
KMHAC51GPYU224665 |
| Cars
built on the same platform |
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