Renault
Clio
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Pedestrian test rating |
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Test Scores: Front 11(69%) Side 15(83%) Overall 26(76%) Pedestrian 13(36%)
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The retested Clio
achieved a very high side impact score with no side airbag and a
creditable frontal score. Renault are to be congratulated over very
safe child seats and for the decision to fit good child protection
warning labels on both sides of both sun visors. |
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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| After
the first test Renault brought forward design changes to the knee
impact area and footwell padding and so were allowed to retest the
Clio. The airbags were also of a newer design but these were not
designed to improve the performance at this test severity. Marks
were lost from high loads on the driver’s chest, despite load
limiters being fitted, and also the lower left leg. The front seat
belts were fitted with pretensioners which are designed to limit
forward movement in the event of a crash. The driver’s left lower
leg also received a hard blow giving a high risk of serious injury.
The centre rear seat was equipped with a three-point inertia reel
belt. However it is possible to misuse this belt by inserting only
one of the two tongue plates which are meant to be inserted in to
different coloured buckles on the seat base. |
Side
Impact
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Clio is in the leading group of cars when it comes to giving
protection in side impact. A foam block in the door loads the pelvis
giving a small risk of injury. There was a high load transferred to
the dummy attributed to interaction with the back plate of dummy.
The likely effect of this contact is to reduce the load on the ribs
in a way that would not occur with a human. Other than this there is
only praise for the standard of side impact protection. |
Child
Restraint
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child restraints were made especially for Renault and these are
mounted using special points within the car seats. The 1½
year-old’s seat was rear facing whilst the 3 year-old’s was
forward facing. As a rear-facing seat this child restraint was
excellent and is as good as any we have tested. However there are
difficulties in getting a child into and out of this restraint in a
three-door car. The forward facing seat did not fully protect the
child’s head in side impact. Whilst the warning labels on the sun
visors were very well designed they could be peeled off quite
easily. Renault tells us that they are addressing this point for
future production. |
Pedestrian
Protection
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| As
with most of the cars in this class that we have tested the
pedestrian protection score come mostly from the adult and child
impact assessments. However two of the leg impact sites were also
graded as giving weak protection. |
Model
history and safety equipment
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| The
new Clio was launched in March 1998. The 2000 model year car
features dual frontal airbags, front safety belt pretensioners and
load limiters, rear outer belt load limited, side airbags (head
& thorax) & ABS. |
| Make,
model and hand of drive |
Renault
Clio 1.2 RTE LHD |
| Body
type |
3-door
hatchback |
| Model
year |
2000 |
| Kerb
weight |
925
kg |
| VIN
and date when rating applies |
VF1BBOLOF23153441,
VF1CBOAOF23242248, VF1ISBOEOE23069030, VF1BOSFO23602 or
VF1BBOLOA22897344 |
| Cars
built on the same platform |
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