China Insurance Research Institute: Chinese brands perform well in the 2020 China Insurance Automobile Safety Index

On June 9, C-IASI held a press conference on the China Insurance Automobile Safety Index in Beijing and released the C-IASI 2020 evaluation results research report. In the 2020 test and evaluation work, C-IASI completed the testing and release of 23 models, including 14 SUVs, 8 sedans, and 1 MPV; the model market sales coverage rate reached 9.89%, covering mainstream brands in the market such as domestic, German, American, Japanese, and Korean.

Among them, domestically produced brands accounted for 43.5%, and the test results of domestically produced brands showed that the proportion of good or above for passengers in the car and pedestrians outside the car reached 100%, which was an outstanding performance.

Specifically, in terms of vehicle crash resistance and maintainability, the airbag misdeployment rate of the 2020 test models was 17%, a decrease of 9 percentage points compared to 26% in 2019, but compared with the 5% detonation rate in major international automobile markets such as Europe and the United States, there is still room for further improvement.

In terms of in-vehicle occupant safety assessment, the configuration rates of frontal airbags and side airbags reached 100%, and the side airbag curtain configuration rate reached 87%, an increase of 28 percentage points from 2019; the overall performance of external pedestrian safety assessment was good, with the proportion of good and above exceeding 90% for many consecutive years, and the active hood configuration rate increased year by year to 17% in 2020, an increase of 6 percentage points compared with 2019.

In addition, in terms of vehicle auxiliary safety, the standard configuration rate of vehicle automatic emergency braking system (AEB) has reached 39%, an increase of 13 percentage points year-on-year.

So far, all C-IASI 2017 version test vehicles have been tested and released. In the next step, C-IASI will carry out work in accordance with the 2020 version of the evaluation procedures.

It is understood that in February this year, China Insurance Research Institute announced the 2020 version of the test and evaluation procedures.

One of the major changes in the 2020 version of the regulations is the addition of a 25% offset frontal collision on the passenger side (also known as "right small offset") as an optional item, and the addition of a rear-seat female dummy monitoring. The 25% offset frontal collision on the passenger side is not included in the overall evaluation of the passenger in the vehicle.

At the same time, the 25% offset frontal collision evaluation on the occupant side is divided into three aspects: restraint system and dummy movement, dummy injury, and vehicle structure, to test and evaluate the vehicle's occupant safety protection performance.

In general, compared with the 2017 version of the regulations, the 2020 version has improved in crash resistance and repair economy index, in-vehicle occupant safety index, outside pedestrian safety index, and vehicle auxiliary safety index.

Zikuai Technology