Краш-тест Ford Focus

Фронтальный краш-тест - 11 (69%)
Боковые краш-тесты - 15 (83%)
Общая оценка - 25 (74%)
Защита пешеходов - 10 (28%)

Общий рейтинг
Защита пешеходов

Пятидверный хэтчбек, масса 1080 кг.
Автомобиль выпускается с сентября 1998 года.
Стандартное оснащение - передние подушки безопасности для водителя и пассажира, ремни с преднатяжителями и фиксаторами ленты.

Frontal Impact

The passenger cabin remained stable during impact. The driver’s knees and legs were protected by energy absorbing foam fitted inside the column but there were stiff structures in this area. The front airbags worked well. Readings taken for injury risks to the passenger’s chest were higher than those for the driver so these were used when computing the star rating. The driver’s door was hardly damaged by the impact and opened easily afterwards.

Side Impact

The driver was well protected for the most part but his abdomen was exposed to injury risk because it struck a door-mounted arm-rest. Nonetheless, the car’s performance was reasonable for a model without side airbags.

Child Restraint

A passenger airbag is standard, presenting a real danger of death to any child placed in a rear-facing restraint on the front seat. Only a pictogram fixed to the end of the facia warns against this, which Euro NCAP considers inadequate. Ford says much clearer warnings will be attached to cars from February 23. What’s more, fitting instructions were not visible if installing a restraint from the left-hand-side of the vehicle. Ford says that an additional label will be fixed to seats manufactured from the beginning of January. In the frontal impact, the child restraints protected the 18-month and the three-year-old. But the three-year-old’s head was not contained within the restraint during the side impact.

Pedestrian Protection

The car’s front end was very stiff, particularly around the bumper, and the bonnet gave too little protection where a child’s head would most likely strike.

Фронтальный краш-тест - 12

Седан.
Ambiente - базовая версия, одна подушка безопасности (водитель)
Comfort - с электростеклоподъемниками, с кондиционером.

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Фронтальный краш-тест - 13 (81%)
Боковые краш-тесты - 17 (94%)
Общая оценка - 31
Защита пешеходов - 14 (39%)
Защита детей - 38 (78%)

Общий рейтинг
Защита пешеходов
Защита детей

The Focus C-MAX has a strong and stable passenger safety cell which provides balanced protection for its occupants. The restraint systems and airbags worked well to protect them, keeping the driver’s chest and head away from the steering wheel. Side impact protection, which includes seat mounted thorax airbags and curtain head protecting airbags, was impressive. The Focus C-MAX is the first car to achieve 4 stars for child protection.

Frontal Impact

Two-stage tethered airbags combined with belts fitted with pre-tensioners and load limiters worked well, although impact forces fed to the occupant’s chests were a little on the high side. And the driver risked knee injuries from hard points behind the fascia. The Focus C-MAX proved strong, showing minimal distortion around its sills and screen pillars and only minor intrusion into the footwell. All rear seats have three-point belts.

Side Impact

The seat-mounted thorax airbag and head curtain airbags tested here are fitted as standard to all models. They proved effective; the curtain also protected those sat in the rear. But the Focus C-MAX failed to score full marks because forces transferred unrealistically between the dummy’s back and his seat, reducing the impact forces reaching his chest instruments.

Child Protection

The older child was forward facing in a Britax Romer Duo Plus. The younger child sat in a rear-facing Britax Romer Baby Safe secured using the adult belt. The children’s heads were well protected in the frontal and side impacts but the head and chest loads on the 18-month-old in the frontal impact were a little high. The labelling on the restraints was clear and permanent. A pictogram (which could be peeled off) on the passenger’s end of the fascia gave the only warning against placing a rear-facing restraint opposite an airbag.

Pedestrian Protection

The bonnet top provided some cushioning where an adult’s or child’s head might most likely strike and the leading edge of the bonnet also provided some protection. But the bumper proved to be very unforgiving.

Фронтальный краш-тест - 16 (100%)
Боковые краш-тесты - 18 (100%)
Защита пешеходов - 15 (42%)
Защита детей - 40 (82%)
Общая оценка - 35

Общий рейтинг
Защита пешеходов
Защита детей

The Focus’s body proved to be extremely strong and its passenger cell was stable, protecting the occupants. The car just missed achieving a maximum score in the frontal impact test.
The restraint systems include dual frontal airbags, front belt pre-tensioners and load limiters, side airbags and a head airbag curtain. Side-impact protection was impressive while that for children was also good. The protection given to pedestrians was reasonably good..

Frontal Impact

The body structure suffered minimal deformation; the drivers’ door could be opened almost normally after the impact.
The single-stage tethered airbags and belt pre-tensioners in combination with load limiters and the stable structure worked well, keeping impact loads on the front occupants’ chests low.
A good deal of work has been done to improve the drivers knee impact area. The door aperture and the footwell suffered minimal distortion in the crash.

Side Impact

A very impressive protection system includes seat mounted thorax airbags and a head curtain airbag, which also protects those seated in the rear.

Child Protection

The restraint used by the three-year-old was a forward-facing Britax Romer Duo Plus, fitted using the ISOFIX anchorages and a top tether. The restraint used by the 18- month-old was a rear-facing Britax Romer BabySafe ISOFIX Plus fitted using the two-point ISOFIX anchorages and a support frame. Both children were well protected in the frontal and side impact tests.
There was a non-permanent pictogram on the end of the fascia but no other written warning of the dangers of placing a child in a rear facing restraint opposite an airbag. Ford offers an airbag on/off switch as a dealer-fit optional item.

Pedestrian Protection

Tests on the bonnet showed that it offered good protection where a child’s head might most likely strike it. It also protected adult heads, though less well.
However, the protection offered at the bonnet’s leading edge and by the Focus’s bumper was found to be flawed. Overall, the car’s two-star result was encouraging.

Model History & Safety Equipment

Launched Sept ‘04, the new Focus features dual frontal airbags, side airbags, head-protecting airbag (curtain), front belts with pre-tensioners and load limiters, ISOFIX anchorages and top tethers to the rear outer seats, driver’s and front passenger’s belt reminders and ABS.