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    Adult Occupant Protection: Frontal Impact Driver Frontal Impact Passenger Side Impact Driver

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    The document summarizes test results for occupant protection in a 2002 Citroën C3. Front seat occupants received good protection from frontal impacts due to effective seatbelts and airbags. Side impact protection was acceptable but could be improved with optional head airbags. Child restraints provided inconsistent protection. Pedestrian protection was better than average for its class due to windscreen cushioning.

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    The document summarizes test results for occupant protection in a 2002 Citroën C3. Front seat occupants received good protection from frontal impacts due to effective seatbelts and airbags. Side impact protection was acceptable but could be improved with optional head airbags. Child restraints provided inconsistent protection. Pedestrian protection was better than average for its class due to windscreen cushioning.

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    The document summarizes test results for occupant protection in a 2002 Citroën C3. Front seat occupants received good protection from frontal impacts due to effective seatbelts and airbags. Side impact protection was acceptable but could be improved with optional head airbags. Child restraints provided inconsistent protection. Pedestrian protection was better than average for its class due to windscreen cushioning.

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    Adult Occupant Protection: Frontal Impact Driver Frontal Impact Passenger Side Impact Driver

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    Felipe Matheus
    The document summarizes test results for occupant protection in a 2002 Citroën C3. Front seat occupants received good protection from frontal impacts due to effective seatbelts and airbags. Side impact protection was acceptable but could be improved with optional head airbags. Child restraints provided inconsistent protection. Pedestrian protection was better than average for its class due to windscreen cushioning.

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    Adult occupant protection

    Frontal impact driver Frontal impact passenger Side impact driver

    Child restraints Pedestrian protection

    18 month old Child Kiddy Reboard, rearward facing No image car front available

    3 year old Child Kiddy Reboard, forward facing

    Safety equipment Car details

    Front seatbelt Hand of drive LHD


    pretensioners
    Tested model Citroën C3 SX 1.4 Essence
    Front seatbelt load
    limiters Body type 5 door hatchback

    Driver frontal Year of publication 2002


    airbag Kerb weight 1020
    Front passenger VIN from which
    frontal airbag VF7FCHFXB26527647
    rating applies
    Side body airbags

    Side head airbags

    Driver knee airbag

    ISOfix front

    ISOfix rear

    Comments
    The C3 turned in a sound all-round performance in Euro NCAP tests. Its body structure survived well and the cabin suffered only
    minor deformation after the frontal crash. What’s more, the seat belts and airbags worked particularly well together to safeguard
    front occupants from chest injuries. The C3 also protected them acceptably in the side impact, but the optional head-protecting
    airbag would have further reduced the risks of injury. However, the child restraints protected only patchily. Protection for pedestrians
    was better than that given by most other cars in this group.

    Front impact
    The body and airbag restraint systems combined well to provide good levels of protection. The low impact forces recorded for the
    driver and front passenger’s chests were particularly welcome. But, as with any small car, it has been difficult in the C3 to provide
    sufficient knee room to safeguard the driver. In the C3, the steering column remains a hazard, but the knee area has otherwise been
    cleared of danger. The rear centre safety belt was three-point, which gives far better protection than that of a lap-only belt.

    Side impact
    The C3 gave acceptable protection. However, the back of the driver’s head hit the door pillar. His chest came into contact with the
    wing of the seat and the airbag, while his abdomen struck the door panel below the armrest.

    Child occupant
    The C3 has an on/off switch for the passenger frontal airbag for when a rear-facing restraint is placed opposite it. A pictogram and
    text label on the passenger’s end of the fascia explained how to use it, but did too little to warn parents against placing a child rear-
    facing opposite an active airbag. For the tests, The 3-year-old was placed in a forward-facing restraint while the 18-month-old was in
    the same type of restraint, rear-facing. Unfortunately, the 3-year-old’s head was not well protected in any of the tests, but the 18-
    month-old was protected in both.

    Pedestrian
    Citroën has made attempts with the C3 to protect pedestrians. The cushioning given by its windscreen helped towards its two stars.

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