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Adult occupant protection 
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Frontal impact passenger | 
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Child restraints | 18 month old Child | Britax Club Class, rearward facing |
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| 3 year old Child | Britax Renaissance, forward facing |
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Pedestrian protection No image car front available |
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Safety equipment | Front seatbelt pretensioners |  |
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| Front seatbelt load limiters | |
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| Driver frontal airbag | |
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| Front passenger frontal airbag | |
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| Side body airbags | |
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| Side head airbags | |
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| Driver knee airbag |  |
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Car details | Hand of drive | RHD |
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| Tested model | Range Rover |
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| Body type | 5-door off-roader |
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| Year of publication | 2002 |
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| Kerb weight | 2540 |
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| VIN from which rating applies | applies to all new Range Rovers |
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Comments The Range Rover has an immensely strong body that provides for its occupants safe, well balanced protection in severe frontal and lateral impacts. Each of its doors could be opened normally after the tests and the amount of intrusion was slight. However, the driver experienced fairly high impact forces on his chest and, in a real crash, these pose a risk of injury. The child restraints worked well generally. But, unfortunately, the level of protection given to pedestrians proved to be dire.
Front impact
The vehicle's body withstood the impact forces exceptionally well. The driver's footwell suffered little damage and the brake and accelerator pedals were driven up and back only slightly, keeping the risk of feet and leg injuries low. But the driver's and passenger's knees were at risk from hard points behind the fascia that they might strike. The centre rear seat belt was of a three-point type that has gives far superior protection to that of a lap-only belt. This belt could not be used unless the seat back was correctly latched in place: a useful safety feature.
Side impact
The impact-force readings gained from the dummy were among the lowest recorded by Euro NCAP in such a test. The thorax airbag (mounted in the door) and the head-protecting tube airbag worked well to protect the driver from severe injury in the side impact and the pole-impact test.
Child-protection
ISOFIX mountings (which allow child seats to be attached directly to the car) are fitted to the Range Rover but restraints suitable for this system had not completed the process for gaining official approval, so others that used the car belts were substituted. These protected both children well in the front and side impacts. An airbag warning label was fitted to the windscreen and was confusing because it stated that the vehicle, is fitted with a driver's airbag or driver's and passenger's airbag. Both are standard equipment on the model tested.
Pedestrian protection
Just three sites out of 18 tested on the vehicle's front gave any protection. This is dire, and Land Rover needs to improve matters.
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