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The Ford B-Max compact multi-activity vehicle achieved an overall protection score of 83 per cent, after scoring 93 per cent for adult
protection and 84 per cent for child protection.
"Safety is a fundamental Ford value and we are delighted to achieve the maximum five-star rating from Euro NCAP," said Tom Overington, Ford's European safety project manager. "The team has worked very hard on making sure B-Max meets the safety standards our customers expect from every Ford vehicle."
Ford subjected the B-Max to more than 5,000 computer simulated crash tests during development, no less than 40 complete crash tests and a further 100 tests which involved the car being mounted on a sled and fired into a barrier.
High strength and ultra-high strength steels form more than 58 per cent of the B-Max body and are used in brackets, called crash-catchers; these lock the ingenious Ford Easy Access Door System in place if the vehicle suffers a side-impact.
B-Max is equipped with seven airbags and the front-end is carefully engineered for optimised pedestrian protection. It also features Ford's Active City Stop system – a segment-first designed to help motorists avoid low speed collisions with stationary or slower moving traffic.
Better connected than any vehicle in its class, B-Max features Ford's voice-activated, in-car connectivity system, SYNC, with Emergency Assistance, designed to assist the car's occupants to call for help in the event of a crash.
"Only vehicles offering all-round protection can be awarded a five-star rating under Euro NCAP's new test protocol," said Michiel van Ratingen, Euro NCAP Secretary General. "Ford B-Max is a great example of how this can be achieved by an innovative design, outstanding system engineering and smart technologies such as Active City Stop."
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