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CESVI is a division of the Spanish insurance company
Mapfre, and the name CESVI stands for
Centro de Investigación y Seguridad Vial (translated as Centre for Experimentation and Road Safety).
CESVI performs crash tests of vehicles, not with a view to human safety (unlike NCAP) but with a view to damage assessment, reparability, and repair methodology - which is quite understandable given their parent company is an insurer.
The tests performed are:
- The front crash test simulates the impact of a vehicle, at a moderate speed, to its front part. The impact occurs at a speed of between 15 and 16 kmph, to 40% of the front left section, crashing into an impact-resistant 35-ton concrete block, (turned 10 degrees anticlockwise from the vehicle's longitudinal axis).
- The rear crash test reproduces the effect that an impact would have on the rear part of the vehicle, at a moderate speed. A mobile barrier crashes against the vehicle under study at a speed of between 15-16 kmph, affecting 40% of its rear right part, with the vehicle turned 10% anticlockwise from its longitudinal axis.
- The bumper test which consists of an impact, at low speed (10 kmph) in which the effectiveness of the impact absorbing crossbars in front and rear collisions is evaluated. This tests assesses the effectiveness of the design of each model and the results are applied directly to the premium for insuring that model.
Some points to note are:
- These tests are aimed at assessing common minor crashes of the kind that occur within cities - rear endings and light taps at traffic speeds. This is why there is a difference with NCAP testing, which looks at more extreme testing of the kind that causes injuries to people.
- CESVI's crash test speeds are far lower than those used by the various NCAPs, where the frontal crash test occurs at speeds around 60 kmph, depending on the specific NCAP.
- CESVI also perform rear crash tests, since that is a common type of impact that would generate insurance claims.
- The extent of damage seen in these videos only reflects the reparability, not the safety of the vehicle. So if a vehicle's hood crumples significantly, it only means that it will have more damage to repair, it does not imply the vehicle is unsafe (it could be a sign of effective crumple zones at work, or it could equally be a sign of tin-can construction).
They publish videos of their test results on YouTube:
Here are some of their videos, for cars that are also sold in India. Let me repeat again, these videos demonstrate damage/reparability, and not safety, so please don't assume less damage = more safety or more damage = more safety.
Fiat Punto (2012) - Front Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQsyOaGch3U Fiat Punto (2012) - Rear Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdahEZIk2AU Ford Aspire Full-size Sedan (2016)
Note that India gets a compact sedan, with a less protuberant rear bumper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_i2bGKHSa0 Ford EcoSport (2015) - Rear Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83eBnyqY4mA Nissan Micra (2011) - Front Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H10kntxyds Nissan Micra (2011) - Rear Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b80Iv4v8zxM Renault/Dacia Duster (2012) - Front Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2JbfyiOus Renault/Dacia Duster (2012) - Rear Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Bn0SKLsVg koda Octavia (2014) - Front Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIr8Da86QOA Volkswagen Polo (2012) - Front Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_KZAY58po Volkswagen Polo (2012) - Rear Crash Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHsZJiqDsiU
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