Euro NCAP Crash Test Results

Test results and safety ratings

Dacia Sandero 2008

1.5dCi E2 , 5-door hatchback

Test Date: Nov 2008

	Crash Star Rating
	Front-impact score Side-impact score Seat belt reminder Total score	12 (0.0%) 12 (0.0%) 0 24
	Pedestrian Star Rating
	Pedestrian-test score	6 (0.0%)

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Although some spot welds had released at the base of the A-pillar, the passenger compartment remained stable during the frontal impact and the dummies' heads made stable contact with the airbags. Structures in the dashboard presented a risk of injury to the knees and femurs of both the driver and passenger. For the side impact test the Sandero was tested without the side impact/head protecting airbag which is fitted either as standard or as an option and protection of the chest was rated as weak. No pole test was performed. A further side impact test and a pole test were conducted with the airbag fitted and with these results the car would scored 31 points overall for adult occupant protection which includes the additional two points for the pole test. In the pedestrian tests neither the bumper nor the front edge of the bonnet scored any points for the protection offered to pedestrians' legs. The bonnet surface was rated as predominantly poor for the proection offered to the head of both a struck child and an adult.