Fifteen light and medium/heavy commercial vans were put to the test by sister assessment programme, Euro NCAP, to evaluate their collision avoidance, or ADAS, capability. The comparison tests were encouraged by the rise in the use of commercial vans on Australian and New Zealand roads as a result of the Covid-19-fuelled boom in home delivery services and online purchases. Three years ago, ANCAP began testing active safety systems including low and high-speed autonomous emergency braking (AEB), lane support systems (LSS), speed assistance systems (SAS) and occupant detection systems.
Damien O Carroll
Renault’s Trafic ranked poorly in ANCAP’s testing, copping a ‘Not Recommended’ stamp.