The 2024 Renault Duster (marketed under the Dacia brand for the European Market) has scored a 3-Star Euro NCAP rating. This rating reflects the SUV’s performance across various safety parameters, including adult and child occupant protection, safety assist systems, and vulnerable road users.
Renault Duster Euro NCAP Ratings Summary
- Overall Rating: 3 stars
- Adult Occupant Protection (AOP): 70%
- Child Occupant Protection (COP): 84%
- Safety Assist Systems: 57%
- Vulnerable Road Users (VRU): 60%
Detailed Safety Analysis
- Adult Occupant Protection: 70%
- Frontal Offset Test: The passenger compartment remained stable.
- Knees and Femurs: Both the driver and front passenger received good protection.
- Driver’s Chest: Protection was rated as weak.
- Passenger’s Chest: Protection was rated as marginal.
- Frontal Impact Score: 10.5/16 points
- Lateral Impact:
- In both the side barrier test and the more severe side pole impact, the Duster provided good protection to all critical body areas.
- Lateral Impact Score: 11.5/16 points
- Rear Impact:
- Tests on the front seats and head restraints demonstrated effective protection against whiplash injuries in rear-end collisions.
- Rear Impact Score: 4/4 points
Child Occupant Protection: 84%
- Total Points: 14.1/24 points
- Safety Features: 6/13 points
- Children Restraint Systems: 12/12 points
- Neck and Chest Protection: Adequate protection for the neck of the 10-year-old dummy in the frontal test, good protection for all critical body areas for both 6-year-old and 10-year-old dummies in frontal offset and side barrier impacts.
- Head Protection: Adequate.
The front passenger airbag can be disabled to use a rearward-facing child restraint in that seat, but there is no child presence detection system. All designated child restraint types for the Duster could be installed properly and accommodated in the vehicle.
Safety Assist Systems: 57%
- Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB): Performed adequately in tests with other vehicles.
- Seat Belt Reminders: Present for front and rear seats, but lacked an occupant detection system in the rear seats (a prerequisite for scoring), disqualifying it from getting points.
- Lane Support System: Gently corrects the vehicle’s path to prevent lane drifting and intervenes in critical situations.
Vulnerable Road Users Protection: 60%
- General Protection: Predominantly good or adequate head protection for struck pedestrians or cyclists, with poor results on the stiff windscreen pillars and along the base of the screen. Pelvic protection was consistently poor across all test areas, resulting in zero points.
- Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) System: Adequate
- Response to Pedestrians: Adequate.
- Response to Cyclists: Good.
- Safety Features: The tested model included 6 airbags, ISOFIX mounts, ABS with EBD, and ADAS features.
- Powertrain: The tested model was a left-hand drive version with a 1.6-litre petrol-hybrid powertrain.
