Tata Harrier Safari Facelifts Get First Ever 5 Stars Rating in Bharat NCAP Tests After Global Evaluation All Details

Tata Motors on Wednesday announced that the recently launched facelift models of the Harrier and Safari have received five stars (Tata 5 Star ratings) from the Bharat-NCAP crash test. With this, both these Tata SUVs have become the first models to receive full scores in the newly established New Car Assessment Program (B-NCAP) in India, which includes both adult passenger safety and child passenger safety categories. B-NCAP is India’s own car crash test program, which was launched on October 1, 2023. The program was launched to increase the safety standards of cars in India. Under B-NCAP, all cars sold in India will be crash tested. These tests will evaluate three aspects of car safety – adult passenger safety (AOP), child passenger safety (COP) and safety assistance systems (SAS).

Speaking on this achievement of Tata, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said Said That B-NCAP will establish itself as the premier safety performance assessment protocol in the domestic market. He says that more manufacturers will be able to test their vehicles under this system and the assessments will be at par with global standards.

He said in his statement, “Bharat-NCAP is India’s independent, self-reliant voice on vehicle safety. It is benchmarked to best-in-class global standards and the Bharat-NCAP vehicle rating system is designed to advance road safety and vehicle safety standards beyond mandatory regulations.” He further said on both Tata Motors SUVs achieving full marks in the test ratings, “I am delighted that today the first vehicles to be certified with the highest achievable 5-star rating are both from Tata Motors.”

Let us tell you, according to Tata Motors, the new Tata Harrier and Safari were also given five stars by Global NCAP. Global NCAP’s crash test protocol assesses frontal and side impact safety with electronic stability control (ESC). Apart from this, if a vehicle gets five stars, it means that it has also passed the pedestrian safety and side impact pole safety test.

There is no doubt that the reason behind the facelifted models of Tata Safari and Harrier achieving this top rating is the advanced safety features like 6 airbags as standard (7 airbags in top-end variants), 3-point seatbelts in all rows, ISOFIX tethers, pretensioners, load limiters and ESC.

Shailesh Chandra, MD, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd acknowledged and appreciated the collaborative efforts of the government, regulators and the automotive industry in pursuit of higher safety standards in India. Both SUVs are built on the Omega-ARC platform, which is derived from Land Rover’s D8 architecture.