Euro NCAP Crash Test Results

Test results and safety ratings

Citroen Xsara 1998

1.4i , 5 door hatch

Test Date: May 1998

Citroen Xsara crash test picture Crash Star Rating Crash Rating 3 Stars
Front-impact score
Side-impact score
Seat belt reminder
Total score
7 (44.0%)
13 (72.0%)
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20
Pedestrian Star Rating Pedestrian Rating 2 Stars
Pedestrian-test score 16 (44.0%)

Compare with other cars in the Small Family Car category

Citroen has told Euro NCAP that every Xsara 1.4i will be fitted with side airbags from the launch of these results. Accordingly, the car chosen for testing had seat-mounted side airbags. In the side-impact test, however, the seat-mounted airbag did not deploy correctly, resulting in a lower level of protection to the driver's chest than expected from this safety feature. Otherwise, the Xsara performed reasonably well in the frontal-impact test and gave above-average results in the pedestrian safety tests.

Driver head - Adequate
Driver neck - Marginal
Driver chest - Marginal
Driver abdomen
Driver right femur - Marginal Driver left femur - Marginal
Driver right lower leg - Adequate Driver left lower leg - Adequate
Driver right foot - Marginal Driver left foot - Marginal
Passenger head - Good
Passenger neck - Good
Passenger chest - Weak
Passenger abdomen
Passenger right femur - Good Passenger left femur - Adequate
Passenger right lower leg - Adequate Passenger left lower leg - Adequate
Passenger right foot Passenger left foot
Side impact head - Good
Side impact chest - Marginal
Side impact abdomen - Adequate
Side impact pelvis - Adequate
Green = Good Good
Yellow = Adequate Adequate
Orange = Marginal Marginal
Brown = Weak Weak
Red = Poor Poor