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 |
Britax Roemer Prince, face forward |
| Child older than 3 years |
Britax Roemer Prince, face forward |
Safety pedestrians
 |
| - | Fine |
| - | Good |
| - | Satisfactorily |
|
Comments:
Despite the unique appearance and compact size (on an expensive A-class, it takes less space than many small trays, although inside the space, as in a family car), the car showed itself on the crash tests. Protection with frontal impact was provided at a high level, although something else can be improved in the zone of the legs of the front sediments. Landing here is higher than in ordinary cars, which should contribute to the protection during lateral impact. However, with such a test, both doors on the side of the impact were opened. According to the safety rules in lateral blows introduced in Europe in October 1998, this meant failure. The first test took part car equipped with side airbags. According to Mercedes, they were basic equipment for all copies sold in the EU. The test car was bought in the Netherlands and equipped with such pillows. Later it turned out that cars and without side pillows were sold in Portugal, Spain, France and Ireland. This is explained to this in the company that an error occurred, and they will pay for a re-test. As a result, the result was overpriced by 0.14 points, although the rating remained the same - four stars. Also, the re-test has proved the effectiveness of the measures taken against the spontaneous opening of the doors during lateral impact. Modified cars start with VIN WDB 168 J210000.
Front punch:
The driver's head was well protected. The passenger airbag worked at the proper level. Despite the fact that the driver's knee did not hit any elements of the torpedo, a higher person, or sitting in another position, could be injured. The scale of deformation of the leg niches was not significant.
Security of passenger children:
The front passenger airbag enters the base bundle, and if it works, then for a child planted in a children's chair "against the direction of movement", there is a real threat to death. Experts considered that the manufacturer should be more serious about this danger and provide more reliable warnings of the driver about the danger. The seats used in the test were fixed using the rear seat belts equipped with pretensioners. However, the central place of the back row of the seats was equipped with only a belt belt, although many new cars have three point. The chairs prevented a strong movement of mannequins ahead with a frontal impact, the load level on them was acceptable. But with a side impact, a 3-year-old passenger is at risk of injury.
Side strike:
The driver's defense turned out to be good, despite the fact that the side airbag was poorly helped, and both doors from the side of the strike were revealed. Many versions of A-Class (but not a test copy) have automatically blocking locks at a speed of over 8 km / h, which, according to the manufacturer, should prevent the opening of doors in a collision in life conditions.
Pedestrian safety:
The hood of the A-class is very short, so when the head of an adult, an adult will fall on the windshield or anterior rack. Since the EURO NCAP evaluation system at that time did not take into account glazed surfaces, the rating of the car was not exhibited. However, the windshield usually provides better protection than steel surfaces, which should contribute to a good rating when he finally appears. In addition, the hood turned out to be very studyable in relation to the head of the child. The front part almost did not make any softening for the legs, which could lead to injury.
General information about the car
| Roelf location |
Left |
| Tested model |
Mercedes-Benz A140 Classic |
| Body type |
5-door hatchback |
| Year of data publishing |
1999 |
| Curb weight |
1070 |
Safety systems:
| Pretensels of front seat belts |
There is |
| Front Belts Load Loaders |
There is |
| Driver Front Airbag |
There is |
| Passenger Front Airbag |
There is |
| Side airbags |
No |
| Side Head Airbags |
No |
| Driver's knees and feet airbag |
No |
