Protection of the driver and passenger
Frosting, driver |
Front Punch, Passenger |
Side blow, driver |
 | - | Fine |
 | - | Good |
 | - | Satisfactorily |
 | - | Badly |
 | - | Very bad |
|
Children's holding devices
| Child up to 18 months |
No information |
| Child older than 3 years |
Britax Supercruiser, face forward |
Safety pedestrians
 |
| - | Fine |
| - | Good |
| - | Satisfactorily |
|
Comments:
Punto deserve an assessment of "satisfactory" for protection during front and side blows. All new safety requirements for headlight shock were observed, in addition to offsetting the steering wheel. The main problems are associated with the displacements of rigid elements and the violation of the integrity of the passenger compartment. Danger exists for lower edges and knees. Unstable contact of the head with a safety airbag involves potential problems for drivers of various growth in various positions.
Front punch:
With a frontal blow, the Punto passenger interior has lost the stiffness due to the fragility of the seams of point welding of the front desk and partial leaving the front panel. Body deformations were moderate. The driver's door curved, leading to the deformation of the doorway and the front panel. To open it, it took additional efforts, and for a passenger door - a very small effort. The steering wheel moved back by 213 mm, which is excessive, and the front part of the driver's seat failed down, which changed the trajectory of the driver's body movement. Niche for the legs rinsed a little inside the cabin. The driver's head defense would receive a good assessment on the basis of sensor readings, however, the non-permanent contact of the head with the airbag and excessive shift of the steering wheel ago forced it to reduce it to the minimum. Unstable head contact with a safety pillow means that the head of the drivers of certain growth may slip. Neck protection was good. The safety belt load on the chest turned out to be moderate, but the assessment had to be reduced to a bad due to the displacement of the elements of the front panel and the fragility of the passenger interior design. The left knee of the driver hit and broke the coil of the steering column and deformed its fastener bracket. Then the knee deformed the torpedo to the left of the steering column. Right knee hit the box for small things. To both laits are threatened with solid structural elements that can lead to injury. All this led to a decrease in the assessment to the level of "bad" for the driver's seat, and "satisfactory" for the passenger. In addition, the deformation of the leg niches contributed to a low estimate of the protection of the feet and the ankles. Protection of head, neck, knees, hips, pelvis and lower passenger left legs. The safety belt load on the chest was medium, as well as protecting the lower part of the right leg.
Security of passenger children:
In the test, the Britax SuperCruiser child seat was used, according to FIAT notation. With a frontal blow, the movement of the mannequin forward was not significant, but the chair itself was moved down, and then restored the position. In addition, the upper part of the child's body was insufficient, because of what turned out to be a big movement of the head forward. The head of the mannequin-child leaned back and hit the head restraint outside the children's chair. The transverse displacement of children's chairs with lateral impact was small - the upper part was moving in parallel with the central line of the car. The head of the mannequin was moving within the chair.
Side strike:
The head is protected well, but the chest is bad, due to the load on the middle part of the ribs. The protection of the abdominal cavity is recognized as the average. Due to the sensor failure, information about the load on the pelvic area was unavailable. However, the manufacturer's data indicate that the assessment would be bad.
Pedestrian safety:
The places of the possible strike of the child's head talk about the results above the average. Worse than the average showed themselves places above the fasteners of the front shock absorbers. All three places of the possible impact of the upper parts were worse than the average. The point is tested in the center of the car near the hood castle, above the center of the headlight and near the inner boundary of the headlight. One of the three shock points of the adult pedestrian showed the result above the average. Worse showed themselves places in front of the windshield over the hinges of the hood cover. Two of the three points contact with the bottom of the legs provided protection above average. The point was worse before towing an eye.
General information about the car
| Roelf location |
On right |
| Tested model |
Fiat Punto 55s. |
| Body type |
3-door hatchback |
| Year of data publishing |
1997 |
| Curb weight |
866 |
Safety systems:
| Pretensels of front seat belts |
There is |
| Front Belts Load Loaders |
No |
| Driver Front Airbag |
There is |
| Passenger Front Airbag |
No |
| Side airbags |
No |
| Side Head Airbags |
No |
| Driver's knees and feet airbag |
No |
