The 2023 Perodua Axia received a 4-star rating from the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP), ahead of its official launch in Malaysia, scheduled for February 14.
This is Axia’s second appearance in the ASEAN NCAP trial, following the previous result in 2014 when Previous generation comes first on site, when it earned a four-star rating in both adult occupant protection (AOP) and child occupant protection (COP).
For the upcoming 2023 Axia, the variant tested in this case is 1.0L SE, is the second variant from the top, after AV. This comes from Malaysia for the Malaysian market and the SE comes with two airbags as tested; The top AV has six, including dual front, side and curtain units.
In terms of safety assistance systems, the ASEAN NCAP report for the Axia 2023 shows that lane departure warning, forward collision warning and rear cross-traffic alert are optionally available, while hold assist lane is not available. ABS and stability control are standard on all variants, while seat belt reminders for the driver, front passenger and rear passenger are also standard on all variants.
Axia 2023 scored 25.65 points from 32 possible points for adult protection (AOP), 43.43 points from 51 possible points for child passenger protection (COP), 16.50 points from 21 possible points for safety assistance and 7.00 points from possible 16 points for safe motorcyclists.
Its AOP score includes 14.96 points in the frontal impact test, 6.69 points in the side impact test, and 4.00 points for head protection. Meanwhile, the COP scores include 24.00 points in the dynamic test, 9.00 points in the vehicle-based test, 10.43 points on the settings test, and 0 points for the child detection .
In the safety assistance category, its scores include 6.00 for effective braking and avoidance, 4.50 for seat belt reminders, 3.00 for AEB, and 3.00 for advanced SAT . For the safety of motorcyclists, this index includes 4.00 for blind spot detection, 0 for rear visibility, 1.0 for headlights, 2.0 for for walkers and 0 for the advanced MST test.
In total, the Perodua Axia 2023 achieved a weighted score of 32.06 in AOP, 17.03 in COP, 15.71 in safety assist and 8.75 in motorcyclist safety – five Stars in all motorcycle safety bar categories, including four stars – with an overall weighted score of 73.55 points, giving the upcoming Perodua a 4-star ASEAN NCAP rating.
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