Euro NCAP Crash & Safety Tests of VW Golf 2019 - Update

Update 2021: The VW Golf PHEV is a variant of the Golf. Some additional tests and checks have been done to ensure that the rating of the Golf, tested in 2019, applies to the hybrid variant.
Euro NCAP performs a series of crash and safety tests on car models:
a frontal impact test, the car impacts a rigid barrier
an offset frontal impact test, 40% of the width of the car is striking a deformable barrier
a pole test, the tested car is propelled sideways into a rigid pole
a side impact test, a mobile deformable barrier impacts the driver's door.
A series of pedestrian tests are conducted with different impactors, adult and child head form, lower and upper leg form and whiplash tests are performed on a sled.
Active safety is tested based on the car’s equipment: autonomous emergency braking systems (car to car, with a pedestrian and a cyclist target), lane support and speed assist technologies and seatbelt reminders.
All details on the Euro NCAP Website:
VW Golf PHEV 2019 test information www.euroncap.c...
Euro NCAP May 2021 Press release www.euroncap.c...

[@lycorisradiata7012]

Ok guys, for those of you curious to know how it managed a 5-star even when the rear door opened in side impact test at 2:02, I'll attempt to explain. So first, let me list out the protocol that EURO NCAP follows in such a case. You can also find it on their website. *Protocol:* _When a door opens in the test, a minus one-point modifier will be applied to the score for that test. The modifier will be applied to the side impact assessment score for every door (including tailgates and moveable roofs) that opens. The number of door opening modifiers that can be applied to the vehicle score is not limited._ Now let's see Euro NCAP's comment in Golf's crash result pdf. You can find this in the pdf on their site, at the very end of the adult occupant protection section and just before the child occupant protection section. *EURO NCAP'S comment:* _In the side barrier impact, protection of all critical body areas was good and the car scored full points in this test. However, during the test, the _*_rear driver's side door opened and the car was penalised for the risk of occupant ejection that this represents._*_ In the side pole impact, protection of all critical body areas was good and the Golf scored maximum points in this test._ Now let's look at EURO NCAP's scoring system. I'll roughly describe how it works, and you can verify the same from their protocol pdf on their site. *Protocol:* _The total score in the side barrier and pole tests together is limited to 12 points and the total score for far side occupant protection is limited to 4 points. The individual scores (after modifiers have been applied) for the side impact test (max. 16 points) and the pole test (max. 16 points) are summed and scaled down to 12 points and combined with the far side score to produce the total score._ So this means that the lateral impact score we see in crash result pdf 15.5/16 consists of three tests: the side impact test, the side pole test and the far side test (if you are confused what this far side test is, it's nothing but an evaluation of the risk of injuries to those sitting opposite to the side of car which is struck in the side impact test, so if the driver side is struck, it evaluates the risk of injuries to the passenger sitting next to him/her). The side impact test gets a score out of 16. The side pole test also gets a score out of 16. The scores obtained on these two tests are summed, and you get a combined score for side impact and side pole test out of 32. Now this score has to be scaled down such that we get a score out of a maximum of 12 points. This score is finally summed with the score of far side test in which the maximum achievable points are 4, bringing the tally to a total of 16 points we see in the crash result pdf for lateral impact. I know it's very confusing but that is how it is. Let's see what this means in practice. The crash report says that the golf got a perfect score in side impact test, so 16/16, but the rear driver side door opened, for which a penalty of 1 point was applied because only 1 door opened, so it got 15/16. The report says it got the maximum score in side pole test, so again 16/16. Now we sum the two to get a cumulative score of 31/32 points. This score has to scaled down such that the maximum achievable score is 12. 31/32 = 96.875% 96.875% of 12 = 11.625 So we finally have a score of 11.625/12 for side impact + side pole test. Now, we add to this, the result of the far side test. Since the crash result pdf says that the final score for lateral impact is 15.5/16, we can deduce that the golf got a score of 3.875/4 in far side test, which brings us to the total of 11.625+3.875/(12+4)=15.5/16 seen in the crash result pdf. Given that it scored 95% in adult occupant protection because it got 7.5/8 (frontal offset) + 7.6/8 (frontal full width) + 1.7/2 (whiplash) + 15.5/16 (lateral impact) + 4/4 (AEB City) = 36.3/38 = 95.526% which was rounded off to 95 for adult occupant protection, it managed to get a 5 star rating because it scored more than the threshold of adult occupant protection (80%) to be eligible for 5 star rating. Currently for a car to score a 5 star in EURO NCAP, it should score more than the following in the respective areas: 1. Adult occupant > 80% 2. Child occupant > 80% 3. Pedestrian/ Vulnerable Road users > 60% 4. Safety assist > 70%

[@lycorisradiata7012]

Tip: You can also check ANCAP's crash result pdf of Golf to get a better visualisation of the scoring system. It is quite a bit more detailed than EURO NCAP's crash result pdf.

[@tomhummel2641]

You really made an impressive study for your answer! Nevertheless, not being able to hold the backdoor closed should result in a far worse total number of points. The evaluation points system fails in my humble opinion.

[@mach1nefan]

At 2:23 why is there star glitter everywhere?!

[@justwatch.9922]

2:02 The door opens. During an accident or when the vehicle rolls over, the leg of the passenger sitting behind can get stuck and seriously damaged. How does Euroncap ignore this and give 5 stars?

[@MattVLRocks]

This was addressed in the comments of the original video. Someone posted a statement or article, but i haven'tgot the link. A feature of golfs (and most cars these days) is doors locking once you pull away and reach 10-15kph. Apparently during the crash test, the car was not running and moving under it's own power so the doors didn't lock as they normally do and hence opened in the test

[@michaelmueller3632]

@@MattVLRocks Thats true - but as far as I know the doors will be automatically unlocked if an Airbag is deployed. This should make it easier to rescue the persons out of the car.

[@MattVLRocks]

@@michaelmueller3632 also a valid point!

[@Ivzu]

@@MattVLRocks Not true, its a feature you can enable but from the factory it's disabled.

[@fastanfun]

@@michaelmueller3632 in this case only the door lock should be released and able to open via door handle but in here Door opens completely.... this is totally different story...

[@crephcrafterlp4899]

I find it amazing to see the crumple zones actually slowing the car down

[@barryrathbone]

Can someone from Euro please explain the logic in giving 5* when the back door flies open?!

[@kamskam908]

Because this is emergency accident auto open doors ;) EAAOD

[@erebostd]

Car wasn’t running, didnt lock the doors during impact, like every car does to prevent that ( they get opened afterwards)

[@booz394]

What’s next… car wasn’t running so the airbags didn’t deploy? Back seats usually hold are most valuable treasures… the VW excuse… smells a little like emissions… and NCAP, a little like FIFA. It looks like it smells… terrible

[@crephcrafterlp4899]

I’ll give 200 pounds for the wheels

[@hasanbugrayildirim]

I will give 240 🤚

[@alexgarcia8347]

I Will give 250

[@robloxfan4271]

300

[@reflex9991]

50p

[@eraydrpnr]

Bizde 1500 ₺

[@hvac-rgeorgia8945]

Это все конечно здорово, что, безопасность автомобилей поднялась на довольно высокий уровень, но, в большинстве случаев, водитель успевает нажать на педаль тормоза, и в такой ситуации, показатели будут иными.

[@SmilodonHuntingDeer]

Why the golf got a 5 star though the door opened in thw side impact

[@robloxfan4271]

1:58 no door should open during an accident imo this gets a 1 star rating as its highly dangerous

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@Beamngncap_official]

2:29 Man Says: What Happened

[@alanclarke2688]

At 2:59 the head swings into the area where the gear stick is and there's large parts of the interior flying about the cabin

[@raphi25895]

The gear stick is much lower and these "large" parts are really light and would not do any damage for the driver.

[@Plupx]

he making sure its in neutral

[@Tezcatlypoca]

Are you kidding? Back doors opening on side crash and you gave 5star 👎

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@craftyfish0]

As a golf owner, I am happy with this

[@burcintosun418]

Arka kapı açıldı ve siz bu arabaya 5 yıldız verdiniz nerede sizin güvenilirlik anlayışınız?

[@dodobobo6713]

Dayanıklı değil bence

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@Athelass]

Que se le abra la puerta es motivo de haberle quitado alguna estrellita........... pero lo que vende ahora son los gadgets y demás. Ahora bien, si aun Dacia no se le abre la puerta y a un Golf sí, es para hacérselo mirar.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@Athelass]

@@erebostd cierto, pero en el resto de coches pasa igual, y como norma general no se les abre la puerta. También es cierto que en las pruebas de crash test, se aseguran que las puertas estén bloqueadas, al menos la NHTSA así lo hace, con las puertas bloqueadas.

[@og1315]

Save cars ! Reliable cars ! VOLKSWAGEN ! 🇩🇪💪

[@booz394]

Everyone is safe… just not you child at the back when they get smashed in the head by debris. Not all car crashes occur indoors.

[@NovoStorm]

Again -_- 2:02

[@adstix]

Impressive AEB but there's still a risk of being rear ended if a car hurtling behind has no similar emergency braking! We can only mitigate and not totally eradicate accidents, I guess 🙄

[@zaphod2]

I wouldn't call it impressive when it hits a pedestrian at live-threatening 26km/h.

[@lavilyse8319]

Yes Volvo has a much better system.

[@robloxfan4271]

yet alone you might go flying out onto the motorway as the rear door opens

[@harrylaban8021]

Can you test the new for territory pls

[@harrisonhealey1679]

Side airbags are smaller here than in the 2012 model. Not good for evolution.

[@bbz.119]

Looks safe to me!!

[@booz394]

As long as your child is not sitting at the back

[@filipborin555]

and the back door oppened in a sidal crash test very bad what a junk i'm shoked

[@mvb2238]

The dacia sandero 3 stars and a golf with the door opened 5 stars???? Euroncap, euroncap..... you better dont look to money

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@psa717]

the rear door that opens .... not very secure

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@tomhummel2641]

@@erebostd You can still be run into when standing still. I think it's an excuse for a failing a weak door lock. Don't you agree?

[@erebostd]

@@tomhummel2641 absolutely! There’s the possibility you get into the car and someone straight rams your door. theres even the possibility that an aircraft might slam down and hit you. In both cases the door would be unlocked and you won’t wear your seatbelt, which is quite bad. What I’m trying to say: you can’t condsider everything, you have to find a middle ground between security and comfort, or else we wouldn’t drive cabrios and hatchbacks but tanks. As long as the frame holds up, and the most impacts are well protected (ncap gave this car a very high rating) I’m good 😊

[@09RadBoy]

Don’t blame the car for the opening of the rear door. It’s a 1 in a thousand thing, it’s not normal it just sometimes happens when the door latch breaks.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@booz394]

Rubbish

[@JuanDomingoMartin]

The door still opens, isn’t that a big fault?

[@patrickc5858]

Only for the other constructors

[@JuanDomingoMartin]

@@patrickc5858 Yes, I’m sure that in a Citroen or a Peugeot it would be a big problem.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@booz394]

Depends if you love your children or not.

[@mokodorali5975]

Very poor, the 10th gen Civic not only has better crumple zone and oedestrian safety but does it all whilst having a superior stiff bodyshell and the door doesnt sling open from deformation!

[@jimbeamabarth135]

Day of open Door, haha, the children dummy in the right rear Seat have after this frontal Crash a heat Bang 😂 and from the Roof fails the pices in the Sidecrash.. but 5 Stars 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@zaphod2]

Rip pedestrian

[@datomteplo]

При боковом ударе открылась задняя левая дверь. Вы считаете что пассивная безопасность при таком ударе на 5 звёзд?

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@datomteplo]

@@erebostd Это оправдание. Факт открытия двери при ударе на видео.

[@egeberkucar6139]

Niye aynı şeyleri tekrar atıyonuz

[@AlexOPMR]

Impressive that a seat leon mk4 performs better, considering its cheaper than the golf 👀

[@0verspeed]

True!

[@furkantop1370]

qashqai?????

[@ceylinasilturk237]

Please Hyundai Bayon crash test It's a nice car, but if it's a good car, we'll do the crash test and buy it accordingly. :)

[@ceylinasilturk237]

I'd appreciate it if you'd do the crash test.

[@kadirmzrak347]

👏👏👏

[@yasinege3904]

theres no chance to get out alive .could someone try pls instead plastic model .you know whats internal bleeding in humans

[@Sobol3D]

ok tell me how the fuck this got 5 stars, where door open, and sandero got only 2? xD euro ncap tests are bullshit beyond belief nowadays

[@mrphoenixia3307]

golf 5/5 ??????? 2:00 and 3:37 ok bro stop smoke

[@yohanntoutain2682]

A door open during a crash, five stars... ok.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@rikirebe8408]

1:58 la porta si apre e i tuoi figli volano fuori. Bell’affare😂

[@vadocomeundiavolo]

La porta è incastrata I passeggeri sono legati. Altrimenti li trovi spappolati sul vetro. Mai studiata fisica ?

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@victorgc8]

Try R line!!!

[@Djeseret]

Total disaster... this car is a scandal, directly dangerous, should not be sold to anyone,

[@Lotus9166]

2:02 How golf got 5 starts ? Door opened. If it was any other brand other than volkswagen it would get 0.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@Vitalgamer8]

Hello

[@Lotus9166]

2:02 DAS AUTO !

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@wernerbloemwagen6878]

Six Golfs written off to prove that it's a safe car 🙄

[@Crazyblox]

Yes, that's how crash testing works

[@chriskonte1909]

Dude crashtests work like that. Every manufacturer has to do that but they calculate that in when fiding the endprice.

[@suslik9073]

Если мне дадут машину я готов сидя внутри влететь в стену

[@Killa1997able]

Trust me the Lane Assist is absolutely Aids. I'm driving everyday with this car cause I'm driving Instructor. I'm always switching it off. Very annoying System. Brake assist is good. Gets sometimes triggered for no reason but okay. I use this car for 5 Months now and it was 7 times broken. Always problems with the electric. VW itself is not able to fix it. Trust me don't buy this car. The driving feeling is great but the electric isn't. Sry for bad English meine Freunde.

[@SMGJohn]

Considering how many Golf are sold, I would say you are one of the few who got a bad sample, your experience alone does not say much, only statistics say anything.

[@mariusiancu9265]

@@SMGJohn That’s not a very common problem since more Dacia Sandero than VW Golf are sold despite EuroNCAPs spine contortions.

[@Voviks]

👍👍👍👍👍👏💪❤️

[@dmitryklimovich]

!

[@amii6005]

First

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

No one cares.

[@burakg.7494]

Money is making the doors closed! And getting 5 stars! Don't be afraid to make truth. Money is not everything.

[@erebostd]

The door did open because the car wasn’t running. Modern cars lock the door during impacts, this is on literally every car. They get unlocked afterwards. So it was an handling error, not the cars fault

[@calakask5485]

Liarss

[@vonnqu8283]

5 paid stars 🤩 by VW...max 3 stars

[@insannteki1241]

Bad