2021 Hyundai Tucson takes home five-star ANCAP safety rating

Korean manufacturer Hyundai's latest mid-size SUV has taken home five-stars from ANCAP safety testing, with the Tucson scoring well across all categories.

Having launched earlier this year in July, the fourth-generation model was only recently reviewed by the independent safety authority, finishing with a high overall score.

Contributing to the five-star result, the highest-ranking category was the Tucson's child occupant protection, with an 87 per cent mark coming thanks to it scoring 42.63 of the 49 points available.

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Scoring full points (16 out of 16) in the front dynamic test, it only lost 0.2 from the maximum eight in the side dynamic test, while its restraint installation was next best (10.84 out of 12) ahead of the on-board safety features (eight out of 13).

Only one per cent below the child occupant protection score was the adult occupant protection rating, as a total of 33.05 out of 38 brought the percentage up to 86 per cent.

Taking away the maximum number of points in the oblique pole, rescue and extraction tests, the Tucson was still within a point of full marks across the full width frontal, side impact, whiplash protection and far side impact categories, losing the largest percentage for its frontal offset result (5.17 out of eight).

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Its safety assist systems were next best, a combined score of 70 per cent coming from 11.35 out of 18 taken, thanks to all tested features scoring within a point of the most available.

A good result was given for its lane keep assist guidance, while the emergency lane keeping test netted an overall 'adequate' score, due to a lack of overtaking vehicle recognition systems.

While the lowest rated of all tested systems, the Tucson's autonomous emergency braking between 10 to 50 km/h was given a marginal score, the third-highest available.

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Finally the vulnerable road user protection category rounded out the Tucson's trials, with 36.10 out of 54 contributing to the 66 per cent score.

The lowest results in this category came from its upper leg impact (1.65 out of six) and head impact tests (16.17 out of 24), as the lower leg impacts, AEB for pedestrians and AEB for cyclists all came within two points of full marks.