Hyundai Venue scores 5 star Bharat NCAP safety rating

Hyundai’s popular compact SUV, the Venue, has been awarded a 5-star safety rating by Bharat NCAP. The Venue is Hyundai’s second model to be crash-tested by Bharat NCAP – the now-discontinued Tucson was the first – and it has scored 31.15 out of 32 points in adult occupant protection (AOP) and 44.46 out of 49 points in child occupant protection (COP).

1. HX2 diesel MT and HX10 diesel AT variants were tested
2. 5-star BNCAP rating extends to all Venue variants, including N Line
3. Standard safety kit includes 6 airbags, TPMS, rear parking sensors, and more

Hyundai Venue BNCAP adult occupant protection results: 31.15/32 points

Frontal offset deformable barrier test: 15.15/16; side movable deformable barrier test: 16/16

The frontal offset deformable barrier test results show that the Venue offered ‘good’ protection to the driver’s head, neck, pelvis, thighs and feet, while the chest and tibiae received ‘adequate’ protection. Meanwhile, all the co-driver’s critical body parts, save for the tibiae, saw ‘good’ protection. The protection for the tibiae was rated as ‘adequate’.

Coming to the side movable barrier test, the Venue scored full marks by offering ‘good’ protection to all parts of the crash dummy. The same holds true for the side pole impact test.

Hyundai Venue BNCAP child occupant protection results: 44.46/49 points

Dynamic score: 23.46/24; CRS installation score: 12/12; vehicle assessment score: 9/13

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For the 18-month-old child dummy, the Venue scored 7.46 out of 8 in the frontal and 4 out of 4 in the side crash tests. For the 3-year-old child dummy, the Venue received full points in both the frontal and side crash tests. With a score of 12 out of 12, the CRS installation test was also a cakewalk for the Venue. However, it did lose 4 points in the vehicle assessment score.

Hyundai Venue safety features

Bharat NCAP tested the Venue HX2 diesel MT and HX10 diesel AT variants, but the 5-star rating also applies to all the compact SUV’s other variants, including the sporty N Line versions. As standard, the Venue comes fitted with 6 airbags, a tyre-pressure monitoring system (TPMS), hill-start assist, 3-point seatbelts with reminders for all seats, rear parking sensors and ISOFIX child-seat anchor points. Higher Venue variants throw in Level 2 ADAS, an electronic parking brake with auto-hold, a 360-degree camera and more.

Hyundai Venue BNCAP rating compared to rivals

Venue has the highest AOP score among its BNCAP-tested rivals

The Venue’s 31.15 AOP score is higher than those of every other compact SUV tested by Bharat NCAP so far, namely the Tata Nexon (29.41), Skoda Kylaq (30.88), Mahindra XUV 3XO (29.36) and Kia Syros (30.21). Even in COP, the Venue beats all the aforementioned compact SUVs, save for the Kylaq, which scored a slightly higher 45/49.