ANCAP: 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC, Land Rover Discovery Sport score 5-star safety rating

The latest Mercedes-Benz GLC and Land Rover Discovery Sport have received a five-star ANCAP safety rating – although both were tested under older 2022 criteria.

The second-generation 2023 GLC luxury medium SUV achieved a high 92 per cent in the adult and child occupant protection categories, while it was rated at 74 per cent for vulnerable road user protection and 84 per cent for its active safety assistance systems.

However, the safety authority noted that it had weak protection for the driver’s chest area in the oblique pole test assessed and had poor protection for preventing serious pelvic injury to a struck pedestrian.

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The eight-year-old Land Rover Discovery Sport was re-assessed due to safety upgrades introduced in a 2022 refresh.

ANCAP praised the smaller Disco for maintaining its full five-star safety rating, despite being subject to its more stringent 2022 testing criteria.

It scored 85 per cent for adult occupant protection, 88 per cent for child occupant protection and 71 per cent for vulnerable road user protection.

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While the medium SUV was structurally ‘sound’, points were deducted for its side chest-protecting airbag not ‘deploying correctly’ in ANCAP’s side impact test.

Updates to its auto emergency braking (AEB) system contributed to an 83 per cent safety assist score, although it had adequate AEB pedestrian collision avoidance and lane support systems.

The re-assessment applies to all Land Rover Discovery Sports built from February 2022, excluding the SE P300e plug-in hybrid due to launch at the end of this year.