Peugeot 206 1.4 XR Presence
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Pedestrian test rating |
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Test Scores: Front 11(69%) Side 14(78%) Overall 25(74%) Pedestrian 11(31%)
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The 206 is a small car that gives an all-round
performance protecting the adult occupants. The structure provided
a safety cage with the driver’s door frame showed only minor
distortion. There are safety concerns over the fitting of a manual
switch to turn off the passenger’s airbag. However the 3
year-old’s child restraint failed to contain the child’s
head in both front and side impact. Also the 1½-half-year old’s
restraint was forward facing and did not protect the child’s
neck in the frontal test. |
Impact Protection
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| Driver Front Impact |
Passenger Front
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Driver Side Impact |
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Frontal Impact
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| The 206 maintains the occupant’s survival
space in the frontal crash. The front seat belts are fitted with
pretensioners which are designed to limit forward movement in
the event of a crash. Load limiters are also fitted but despite
this the passenger’s chest loading was a little high. Only
a simple two point static belt was fitted in the centre rear seat,
which can cause severe spinal and abdominal injuries. The knee
impact area had hard areas which would give higher loads than
those experienced in the test if knees impacted directly onto
them. There was some padding which will help to spread the loads,
although this was not sufficient to remove all worries of damaging
knees and upper legs. The extent of the movement of the brake
pedal rearwards gives rise to an increased risk of injury to the
driver’s feet. |
Side Impact
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| For a car without side-impact airbags the 206
is well designed and has done well to give a low risk of injury
for all the body regions. The dummy’s head contacted the
front edge of the central door pillar as well as the bottom edge
of the window, but without sufficient force to cause concern over
serious injury. The abdomen had some loading from the arm rest
and the pelvis was contacted by a foam block in the door trim. |
Child Restraint
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| A passenger airbag is standard and Peugeot have
addressed the risk to children in rear facing child restraints
in the front by fitting a switch so that the airbag can be turned
off with the ignition key. The consequence of not setting the
switch correctly could be fatal and the warning of this condition
was not foolproof. The removable warning labels had no text to
explain the risk of serious injury or death to a child in a rear
facing restraint. The child restraints were both forward facing
and provided protection in the frontal test, except that for the
1½-half-year old the neck loads were high which is a common failing
for forward facing seats. In the side impact the seats were also
good performers, except that the 3-year-old’s seat did not
keep the child’s head contained within the seat wings. |
Pedestrian Protection
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| The pedestrian protection score come almost
entirely from the adult and child impact assessments which is
the same as most of the cars we have tested in this class. However
two of the leg impact sites were also graded as giving weak protection. |
Model history and safety equipment
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| The 206 was introduced in Sept 1998. The 2000 model year
car features dual frontal airbags, front safety belt pretensioners
and load limiters & ISOFIX anchorages on the front passenger
seat. Optional equipment: side airbags (head & thorax) and
ABS. |
| Make, model and hand of drive |
Peugeot 206 1.4 XR Presence LHD |
| Body type |
3-door hatchback |
| Model year |
2000 |
| Kerb weight |
943 kg |
| VIN and date when rating applies |
VF32AWJ2T41093544 |
| Cars built on the same platform |
None |
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