Sources have stated that the Chevrolet Enjoy, which is sold without airbags in its basic version, recorded a disappointing zero stars for Adult Occupant protection with the crash test results showing that, due to the lack of airbags and poor structural performance, the driver injuries would have been unacceptably high. It also scored 2 stars for rear seat Child Occupant protection.
The Ford Aspire (Next Gen Figo) however fared much better. The vehicle is fitted with double airbags as standard, and scored three stars for Adult Occupant protection and two stars for child protection. Meanwhile Rohit Baluja the President of the Institute of Road Traffic Education had said “Statistics by the Government of India reveal that speed is the causative factor of deaths of over 64,000 people in road crashes every year and that in 2015 over 63% of the 1,46,000 road crash fatalities occurred on national and state highways."
He added that "Vehicle manufacturers today should adopt
the global philosophy of the “safe systems approach” the thought process of
which reflects that even if crashes do occur, road users should not die or get
seriously injured. This is particularly important for the Indian scenario."
In 2014, our first year of Indian testing, the Ford Figo scored zero stars, this year in our fourth year it has scored three. Ford has demonstrated that progress is possible and importantly this progress will save lives in India.
