Crash Test Opel Meriva 2003 - 2005 Minivan

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	Kiddy 2000, face forward
Child older than 3 years	Kiddy 2000, face forward

Pedestrian safety

- Fine - Good - Satisfactorily

Comments:

The body of Meriva endured the frontal and side strike. High landing helped provide security with lateral impact. With a frontal impact, there were deficiencies in the protection of young passengers, but it turned out to be at the height with lateral impact. Bad pedestrian protection unpleasantly surprised by experts.

Front punch:

The body has a good blow. The driver's door after impact opened almost without problems, although the deepening for the legs was deformed. Single-stage airbags well protected heads and neck front sedimons. The central seat of the back row of the seats is equipped with a three-point seat belt, which ensures the worse protection compared to the waist.

Security of passenger children:

Both children's chairs were protected by the heads of their saddles in front of their bodies, but there were large loads from the collision on their bodies, it applies to the neck of the 18-month passenger. As an option for the car, children's armchairs are offered with built-in sensors reporting to their installation "against the direction of movement" to the place of the front passenger. In this case, the front airbag turns off automatically. The warning about the inadmissibility of the installation of the children's chair "against the direction of movement" to the place of the front passenger is made in the form of an pictogram. Inscriptions with a message about the danger of obtaining severe or fatal injury in this case, no, which is unusual and is a serious omission. The manufacturer assured experts what works on it.

Side strike:

High landing helped Meriva show a very good result in this test. The version with the option, side airbags for infant and abdominal departments, also underwent tests, but the result turned out to be a little worse than for a car with a basic package. Experts also noted that side airbags do not provide additional protection in a collision with a high car. Option, security curtain, worked well.

Pedestrian safety:

Car body shape helps protect pedestrians. The inclined hood and a large area of \u200b\u200bglazing provide some mitigation in places where the head of a pedestrian falls at the race. However, the lack of special protection measures is a disadvantage.

General information about the car

Roelf location	Left
Tested model	Opel Meriva 1.6 XE
Body type	5-door minivan
Year of publishing data	2003
Curb weight	1295

Installation 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	Not
Side Head Airbags	Not
Driver's knees and feet airbag	Not