Honda BR-V, HR-V get 5 stars in latest ASEAN NCAP tests

Two of Honda’s newest offerings namely BR-V and the HR-V both received five-star safety ratings from the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP).

After being evaluated using the ASEAN NCAP 2021-2025 assessment protocol, the Honda HR-V had an overall score of 81.38 points while the BR-V garnered 77.02 points.

The organization shared that the two sport utility vehicles are equipped with four airbags as standard across all trims with majority of the markets also offering variants with six airbags.

The 81.38 points of the tested Honda HR-V (produced in Thailand for Brunei market) were from the 35 points for the Adult Occupant Protection (AOP), 17.81 points for Child Occupant Protection (COP), 18.57 points for the Safety Assist (SA) category and 10 points Motorcyclist Safety (MS).

The aforementioned model features a host of technologies across all its variants namely the Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) City, AEB Inter-Urban, AEB Pedestrian and AEB for Motorcycle.

The Honda HR-V also comes with other advanced safety features such as Auto High Beam (AHB), Child Presence Detection (CPD), Seatbelt Reminder System (SBR) for frontal and rear occupants and Pedestrian Protection technology in all the options offered.

Other safety technologies that could also be found in the new Honda HR-V are Forward Collision Warning (FCW), Lane Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Keep Assist (LKA) and Blind Spot Visualization (BSV) on the passenger side of the vehicle.

On the other hand, the Indonesia-spec Honda BR-V (which was displayed during the recently-concluded 8th Philippine International Motor Show) had an accumulated score of 77.02 points after getting 33.72 points for AOP, 17.46 points for COP assessment category, 15.71 points for SA and 10.13 points for MS.

The BR-V has the ESC, ABS, SBR for front occupants as standard across all variants. The vehicle can be had with the following as standard or optional, depending on the market: AEB City, AEB Inter- Urban, AEB Pedestrian, AEB for Motorcycle, AHB, CPD, FCW, LDW, LKA and BSV on the front passenger side.

“We are pleased that Honda is one the vehicle manufacturers that consistently ensuring their models to have both passive and active safety technologies. Apart from increasing the safety level for the vehicle occupants, Honda has also made the initiative to equip their SUVs with technologies that are able to avoid collisions with vulnerable road users such as motorcyclists. One such technology is the Autonomous Emergency Braking for Motorcycle in which the technology is able to detect the presence of the preceding motorcycle and subsequently avoid collision with it. We have seen Honda equip similar technology in the Civic model and now consumers who favor SUV as their family vehicle will also benefit from this life-saving technology,” ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General and Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) Director-General Dato’ Dr. Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim was quoted as saying.

“In addition to the importance of protecting occupants from injury due to collision, ASEAN NCAP has also placed special emphasis on the safety of children inside vehicles. We have read cases before where children were accidentally left inside vehicles, which is something that we can indeed avoid. Hence, we are proud that Honda has also installed Child Presence Detection technology in the HR-V model as a standard equipment whilst the technology is available in the BR-V either as standard or optional fitment. By having this special technology, we are able to prevent incidences where children were accidentally left in the vehicles and consequently avert such unavoidable death,” he added.

 To note, the current ASEAN NCAP 2021-2025 assessment protocol is made up of four assessment domains: AOP (maximum overall points is 40 points), COP SA and MS (20 points each).

The ASEAN NCAP first assessed the HR-V model in 2015 while the BR-V, in 2016.

Photos from New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries, Ruben D. Manahan IV

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