Euro NCAP Crash Test Results

Test results and safety ratings

Citroen Xantia 1997

1.8i dimension , 5 door hatch

Test Date: Aug 1997

	Crash Star Rating
	Front-impact score Side-impact score Seat belt reminder Total score	3 (19.0%) 6 (33.0%) - 9
	Pedestrian Star Rating
	Pedestrian-test score	Not Available

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The Xantia scored two stars, mainly as a result of the poor protection offered to the driver's head and chest in the side impact, and passenger compartment structural instability in the frontal impact. The two-star rating also resulted from the poor protection offered to the driver's chest, knees, thighs and pelvis in the frontal test. In this test, only the lower legs had good protection. There was excessive intrusion of the footwell, and stiff structures designed into the lower facia increased the risk of injury to the driver's knees, thighs and pelvis. In the side-impact test, the driver's head struck the pillar between the front and rear doors, and protection for this body region and for the chest was rated as poor. The Citroen Xantia has a standard-fit airbag that provided adequate head protection during the frontal impact.