The passenger compartment of the MINI Countryman remained stable in the frontal offset test.  Dummy readings indicated good protection for the knees and femurs of both the driver and passenger.  MINI demonstrated that good protection would also be provided to occupants of different sizes and to those sitting in different positions, other than the passenger’s right femur, where forces were consistently high.  Analysis of the deceleration of the impact trolley during the test, and analysis of the deformable barrier after the test, revealed that the MINI Countryman would be a somewhat aggressive impact partner in a frontal collision. In the full-width rigid barrier test, protection of the chest was rated as marginal both for the driver and the rear passenger, based on dummy readings of compression.  In the side barrier test, protection was good for all critical body areas.  In the more severe side pole impact, protection of the chest was adequate and that of other critical body regions was good. Control of excursion (the extent to which a body is thrown to the other side of the vehicle when it is hit from the far side) was found to be adequate. The MINI Countryman has a countermeasure to mitigate against occupant-to-occupant injuries in such impacts.  The airbag performed well in Euro NCAP’s tests with dummy readings indicating good protection for both the driver and passenger.  Tests on the front seats and head restraints demonstrated good protection against whiplash injuries in the event of a rear-end collision.  A geometric analysis of the rear seats also indicated good whiplash protection.   The car has an advanced eCall system which alerts the emergency services in the event of a crash, and a system to prevent secondary impacts after the car has been in a collision.  MINI demonstrated that the doors and windows would be openable to allow occupants to escape in the event of vehicle submergence.

In both the frontal offset test and the side barrier impact, protection of all critical parts of the body was good for the 6 and 10 year dummy, and the MINI Countryman scored maximum points in this part of the assessment. The front passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward-facing child restraint to be used in that seating position.  Clear information is provided to the driver regarding the status of the airbag, and the system was rewarded.  The MINI Countryman is not equipped with a 'child presence detection' system, to warn when a child may have been left in the car.  All of the child restraint types for which the MINI Countryman is designed could be properly installed and accommodated in the car.

The Countryman has an ‘active’ bonnet.  Sensors in the bumper detect when a pedestrian has been struck, and actuators raise the bonnet to provide more space to the hard structures in the engine compartment.  MINI showed that the system worked robustly across a range of speeds and for various pedestrian statures.  Accordingly, the car was tested in the raised, ‘deployed’ position.  Protection of the head of a struck pedestrian or cyclist was predominantly good.  However, protection of the pelvis was largely weak.  Protection of the femur and that of the knee and tibia was good at all test locations.  The autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system of the MINI can respond to vulnerable road users as well as to other vehicles.  The system’s response both to pedestrians was good, but the system to protect pedestrians to the rear of the car is not fitted as standard.  The system’s performance in tests of its reaction to cyclists was good.  However, the system to protect against ‘dooring’, where a door is suddenly opened in the path of a cyclist approaching from behind, is not switched on by default, and scored no points.  Performance of the AEB system was good in tests of its response to motorcyclists.

Overall, the performance of the autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system was good in tests of its reaction to other vehicles, with impacts being avoided in most tests.  A seatbelt reminder system is fitted as standard to the front and rear seats.  The car has an indirect driver status monitoring system as standard, detecting driver fatigue but not distraction.  The lane support system gently corrects the vehicle’s path if it is drifting out of lane and also intervenes in some more critical situations.  The speed assistance system identifies the local speed limit.  The driver can choose to allow the limiter to be set automatically by the system.