Top 5 safety highlights on the Ford Fiesta

By Farzana Chaumoo

Fiesta’s active and passive safety systems, combined with a comprehensive range of driver assistance technologies, deliver the highest safety rating yet for this model.

 

1. 5-star NCAP Safety Rating

A 5-star Euro NCAP rating is the highest safety rating you can get. Cars have to pass rigid testing that pushes its protective and preventative features to the limit in order to get this rating. The Ford Fiesta is rated as one of the safest cars in the “Supermini” segment, having achieved a maximum 5-star rating in the European New Car Assessment Programme in 2017. It achieved an 87-percent score for adult occupant protection and 84 percent for child occupants.

 

2. Airbags

The new Fiesta is fitted with driver and front passenger airbags; driver and front passenger side-impact airbags; and side-curtain airbags for front and rear seats as standard across all models in the range.

 

3. Construction

The all-new Fiesta body features 36 percent more boron steel for greater strength in key areas. Redesigned door cross sections further protect occupants against side impact intrusion, and the doors also now contain pressure sensors that enable restraint systems to be activated several milliseconds sooner. 

 

4. Driving aids

All models feature ABS brakes with Electronic Brake Assist (EBA) and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD), as well as Hill Launch Assist (HLA) Electronic Stability and Traction Control (ESC).

 

5. Other passive safety features

Innovative restraint features include a locking seatbelt tongue for the driver’s seat belt – a mechanically-activated device that helps prevent slippage of the belt during an accident and eliminates the need for a driver’s knee airbag. On the new Fiesta, rear outer seats now feature load limiters and pre-tensioners – previously offered only for front seat occupants – to further restrain passengers and help prevent belt-related injuries.

Pedestrian protection is enhanced with headlamps that are designed to travel rearwards on impact, and a collapsible cowl and wiper spindle assembly designed to give way in the event of head impacts.

 

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