MUNICH: The MAN TGM has achieved the top rating of five stars in the latest Euro NCAP test for heavy commercial vehicles.
MAN’s distribution truck for the mid-tonnage segment up to 16 tonnes impressed with a well-balanced overall performance across all three relevant assessment areas: Safe Driving, Crash Avoidance and Post-Crash Safety.
The evaluation covered, among other things, driver assistance systems, active accident prevention and measures to ensure safety after an accident.
The modern assistance and safety systems that support the driver in a wide range of traffic situations received particularly positive recognition.
These include, among others: driver monitoring systems that detect signs of fatigue and thus help increase active safety; high-performance emergency braking and turning assist systems to reduce accident risks; and comprehensive lane and speed assistance functions for use in regional distribution transport.
In addition to the five-star rating, the MAN TGM also received Euro NCAP’s CitySafe award.
This is granted to vehicles that meet particularly high safety standards for use in city traffic.
Key factors include, among others, good visibility and high-performing systems designed to prevent collisions with other road users.
“Euro NCAP’s five-star rating confirms our consistent commitment to thinking about safety holistically – from safe driving and active accident prevention through to support after an accident. Especially in distribution and city traffic, where vehicles, drivers and other road users interact in close proximity, modern assistance and safety systems make a decisive contribution to reducing risks,” says MAN Truck & Bus executive board member for research and development Dr Frederik Zohm.
