The Peugeot 108 earned the protection score of 110 issues in the latest AA Entry Level Vehicle Protection Report (ELVS).
From a pattern of 27 entry-level models with a price of less than R200,000 that were tested through 16 other manufacturers, this is the only vehicle that comes with a curtain air bag (it has six airbags in total) and the only car that comes with all the protection features. tested in the report.
The AA report does not take into account the structural integrity of the driver/passenger cab, but only if the cars have features such as ABS, stability and airbags.
Additional emissions are granted to vehicles tested during a collision under the NCAP system. The 27 cars were classified into 3 equipment according to their protection rates: adequate protection, moderate protection and poor protection.
According to the AA, vehicle protection remains low in South Africa, some positive developments have been made in this regard.
The Association says it is encouraging that 26 of the 27 tested cars are equipped with ABS brakes and front airbags for the driving force and passenger.
By 2020, seven cars fall into the matrix of “poor safety” 16 cars fall into the matrix of “moderate safety” and 10 cars fall into the matrix of “acceptable”
These figures are an improvement over the 2019 ratings in which 4 cars were classified as “poor safety,” 16 cars in “moderate safety” and seven cars in the “acceptable” matrix.
“The increased number of cars and the increased number of road deaths mean the need for in-depth education on road protection and the need for greater control of road protection in the country. They also highlight the desire for consumers to prioritize protection in the cars they buy. The ELVS report serves as the basis for your research,” says the AA.
“One conclusion of this year’s report is that only 3 of cars have electronic stability control. This is cause for specific fear because the ESC is a proven generation that can reduce traffic accidents. It is unexpected and daunting that so few cars have this popular generation of entry-level cars,” says AA.
The annual road mortality figures for HS were 12,503 in 2019. The agreement notes that, considering that the annual injury charge at SA, estimated at about 163 billion rand, the inclusion of this generation will be a popular practice not only from the point of view of survival. , but also from an economic point of view.
In 2019, the AA supported the #StopTheCrash partnership to demonstrate the effectiveness, among other technologies, of ESC and ABS. The technologies presented have the prospect of saving thousands of lives a year, and the United Nations has developed foreign criteria to inspire countries around the world to impose these important technologies.