Chevrolet Matiz
RATING
SCORE
ADULT OCCUPANT
**/
17
Front: 9
Side: 8
CHILD OCCUPANT
***
30
PEDESTRIAN
**
13


 
Adult occupant protection
Frontal impact driver
Frontal impact driver
Frontal impact passenger
Frontal impact passenger
Side impact driver
Side impact driver

Child restraints
18 month old ChildBritax-Römer Baby-Safe ISOFIX Plus, rearward facing
3 year old ChildBritax-Römer Duo Plus ISOFIX, forward facing
Pedestrian protection
Pedestrian protection
Pedestrian protection

Safety equipment
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Driver frontal airbag
Front passenger frontal airbag
Side body airbags
Side head airbags
Driver knee airbag
ISOfix front
ISOfix rear
Car details
Body type5 door hatchback
Year of publication2005
Kerb weight815kg
VIN from which rating appliesKL1KF484J6C071392

Comments
Front impact
The deflection of the passenger dummy's chest due to seat belt loading was greater than the driver's and was used in the calculation of the adult occupant score. Structures within the knee-impact area represented potential hazards to the knees and femurs of both the driver and the passenger. The protection offered to the driver's lower legs was weak.

Side impact
Compression of the driver's chest in side impact represented an unacceptably high risk of life-threatening injury. As a result, the final star of the adult occupant rating is struck through.

Child-protection
A rearward-facing childseat should not be placed in the front passenger's seat as there is no way to deactivate the airbag in that seating position. The labels warning against doing this did meet Euro NCAP's requirments. The ISOFIX anchorages in the rear outboard seats were not sufficiently well marked to meet Euro NCAP's requirements.

Pedestrian protection
The bumper scored no points for the protection it offers to pedestrians.

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