2023 Ford Ranger earns five-star ANCAP safety rating

The 2023 Ford Ranger has been awarded a five-star protection rating from the Australasian New Car or truck Evaluation Method (ANCAP).

Relevant to all variants apart from the dual-taxi V6 petrol Raptor, the new Ford Ranger’s 5-star rating is the fourth less than the most recent 2020-22 check protocols, next the GWM Ute, and Isuzu D-Max and Mazda BT-50 twins.

Ford’s new ute acquired scores of 84 per cent for Grownup Occupant Protection, 93 for each cent for Kid Occupant Defense, 74 for each cent for Susceptible Street User Security (pedestrians and cyclists), and 83 for every cent for Protection Aid know-how.

ANCAP recorded “fantastic” or “ample” occupant safety in most entrance- or side-effect tests – although “marginal” efficiency was pointed out for the upper body of the rear passenger in the comprehensive-width frontal crash, and the chest of the driver in the side-effects pole take a look at.

As with other tall and major motor vehicles tested beneath ANCAP’s most current standards, four out of 4 available points ended up deducted for ‘compatibility’, referring to the possibility posed to occupants in the other automobile in a frontal crash.

9 airbags are common throughout the Ford Ranger line-up, which includes knee airbags for the driver and front passenger – and a centre airbag in between the entrance seats, meant to reduce entrance occupants’ heads clashing in a aspect-effects collision.

Even though boy or girl occupant security was recorded as “excellent”, ANCAP notes kid restraints can lawfully only be fitted to seats with top rated tether anchor points – and there is no these position in the centre rear seat of twin-taxi variants.

Single-taxi and Super Cab types do not attribute major tether factors in any seat.

“The Ford Ranger and Ford Everest the two offer a wide variety of active collision avoidance devices to assistance protect against or minimise the severity of a crash, including the capability to detect unmarked street edges, and oncoming autos in ‘turning-across-path’ intersection scenarios,” ANCAP states.

“Functionality assessments of autonomous unexpected emergency braking, lane retain support and pace aid all scored perfectly.”

Even so, the Ranger’s lane-keep help system did not execute as effectively as its Everest sibling. This might be thanks to the lack of a rear radar sensor in cab-chassis Ranger models, which is expected for the auto to reduce motorists altering lanes into automobiles in their blind location.

The exam effects for the Ford Ranger formed the basis of a five-star ANCAP rating for its Ford Everest SUV sibling.

In a media assertion, ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg claimed “This is fantastic information for fleets, family members and tradies, as effectively as recreational shoppers – absolutely everyone who makes use of these products for get the job done and play.

“A 5-star security ranking is not an straightforward accomplishment, nonetheless it is specially crucial when looking at the extremely wide vary of takes advantage of for the Ranger and Everest.