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The all-new SEAT Leon has been awarded a five-star safety rating from testing organisation Euro NCAP. The result is a demonstration of the work completed during the Leon’s development to create a car that delivers one of the safest vehicles on the market, especially as Euro NCAP’s testing methods have become even more challenging in 2020.
A key change for 2020 Euro NCAP’s testing procedures is the introduction of the moving barrier to moving car frontal crash test, replacing the moderate offset-deformable barrier test. The test helps the organisation to evaluate the protection of occupants inside the car, but also assesses how the cars’ front-end structurers contribute to.
That
isn’t the only change in the testing procedure. Side impacts have been
updated to include adjustments to the near-side barrier test speed and
mass, increasing the severity of the test. And for the first time Euro
NCAP evaluates far-side impact protection, focusing on driver protection
and the potential interaction between driver and front seat passenger.
Euro
NCAP has placed further emphasis on the latest generation of crash
prevention and driver assistance systems and implemented new scenarios
to rate AEB technology including back over situations and turning at a
crossing. There is also a system to evaluate Driver Status Monitoring
systems, designed to detect driver fatigue and distraction, as part of
the Safety Assist assessment.
“We’re extremely proud that
the new SEAT Leon achieved Euro NCAP’s top rating in its different
variants – 5-Door and Sportstourer body types, combustion engine and
PHEV powertrains-, by excelling through even the reimagined and
incredibly challenging safety tests for 2020, a reflection of the
emphasis we place on safety, and our openness to integrating the latest
technologies, whether active or passive, to achieve this goal,” said Dr
Werner Tietz, SEAT’s Vice-President for Research and Development.
Safety as part of its DNA
A
range of the latest safety systems based on a mixture of sensor data,
allows the all-new SEAT Leon to see the road ahead like never before
and, importantly, adapt to changing driving scenarios.
Systems
including Autonomous Emergency Braking, Side* and Exit Assist*, Traffic
Sign Recognition*, Traffic Jam Assist*, Light Assist* and Pre-Crash
Assist*, work in unison to create a protective bubble around the vehicle
and for occupants.
The Pre-Crash Assist system for
example reacts in just 0.2 seconds should it detect an accident is about
to happen – tightening the seatbelts, activating the hazard lights,
rolling up the windows and closing the sunroof – helping protect the
passenger compartment.
Add to these the integration of
seven airbags, including a new standard front-central airbag, Front
Assist with vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists detection, Emergency
Steering Assist and Junction Assist, Lane Assist and Emergency e-Call
and the all-new SEAT Leon delivers one of the safest vehicles available,
even when faced with the new testing methods used by Euro NCAP.
The
new standard front-central airbag prevents possible head contact
between the driver and front passenger in the event of a side collision,
for example.
In addition to detecting vehicles,
pedestrians and cyclists, the Front Assist also includes Emergency
Steering Assist and Junction Assist. During a Front Assist intervention,
after the driver’s initial steering input to avoid an object, the
Emergency Steering Assist makes targeted steering and braking
interventions to help find an optimised evading trajectory.
The numbers prove the theory
Both
combustion engine and plug-in hybrid variants of the all-new SEAT Leon
were tested by Euro NCAP, scoring highly in all areas: Adult Occupant
92%, Child Occupant 88%, Vulnerable Road User 71% and Safety Assist 80%.
Euro
NCAP re-evaluates its testing practices every two year, and 2020’s are
the strictest and most thorough to date, and SEAT is determined to
continue to develop vehicles that excel during the tests, no matter how
strict they become.
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