Euro NCAP Crash Test Results

Test results and safety ratings

Volkswagen Golf 2008

1.4 'trendline' , 5-door hatchback

Test Date: Nov 2008

	Crash Star Rating
	Front-impact score Side-impact score Seat belt reminder Total score	16 (0.0%) 16 (0.0%) 2 36
	Pedestrian Star Rating
	Pedestrian-test score	22 (0.0%)

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The passenger compartment remained stable during the front impact test and the screen pillar was displaced rearward by less than 10mm. Protection of the passenger dummy was rated as good for all body regions. The driver's knees and femurs were well protected by the knee airbag. Volkswagen were able to demonstrate that the airbag would provide a similar level of protection to occupants of different sizes or those sat in different positions. For side impact, the Golf scored maximum points in the pole test. In the side impact, it lost a fraction of a point for chest protection. Since Euro NCAP's tests, a clip securing the side airbag has been upgraded by Volkswagen and is fitted to all customers' cars. In the pedestrian protection tests the bumper scored maximum points for the protection it offered to the legs of a struck pedestrian and the front edge of the bonnet was rated as good in some areas. The protection offered by the bonnet to the head of a struck child was rated as predominantly good but that offered to an adult pedestrian was mostly poor.