The Citroen C5 X receives a five-star safety rating from ANCAP

Citroen’s newest vehicle in Australia, the C5 X, has been awarded a five-star safety rating by safety agency ANCAP.

The Australian C5 X received one more star than the C5 X sold in Europe, which ANCAP said was due to the fitting of local vehicles with a more advanced Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) system.

It received a score of 82 percent for adult occupant protection, 88 percent for child occupant protection, 69 percent for vulnerable road user protection, and 84 percent for safety assist.

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These results apply to both petrol and diesel variants – only the petrol version is sold here – and carry a 2022 date stamp.

“The improved active safety specification and performance pushes the Safety Assist score for C5 X vehicles sold in Australia to 84 percent, well within our five star requirements,” said ANCAP.

A camera radar ‘fusion’ AEB system is fitted as standard on C5 X vehicles delivered in Australia and this system has been shown to provide improved car-to-car AEB performance over pure camera system built into vehicles sold in Europe. ”

Standard safety equipment across the range includes:

• Autonomous emergency braking
• Blind spot monitoring
• Rear Cross Traffic Alert
• Lane Departure Warning
• Lane Departure Warning (lane centering)
• Traffic Sign Recognition
• Adaptive cruise control with stop/go, intelligent speed adjustment
• multi-collision braking
• Active hood
• Driver alert
• Front, side and head airbags
• Parking sensors front and rear
• Surround view camera

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