Crash Test

Safety issue: Small cars fare poorly in new crash tests

The institute's small overlap test, which was introduced in 2012, mimics what happens when a car's front corner collides with another vehicle or an object like a utility pole. In the test, 25 percent of a vehicle's front end on the driver's side strikes a rigid barrier at 64 kph.

Shocking: Maruti Swift, Datsun Go fail crash tests

According to tests done by Global NCAP, an independent charity based in the UK focused on consumer-orientated vehicle safety initiatives, these cars received zero for adult protection ratings in a frontal impact at 64 km/hour.<br />

Safety first: Auto makers to ensure crash test for cars, but that could hurt your wallet

For long, car makers have said there are no testing facilities in India and since it is very expensive to get cars tested abroad, they'd rather do without such tests for models sold in the domestic market.