Latest Euro NCAP tests: Mini and Peugeot - Mini Cooper

Adult occupant protection 5/5 stars
Front impact 81%
Side impact 89%
Child protection 59% 3/5 stars
Pedestrian protection 39% 2/4 stars

Euro NCAP noted that in frontal impacts, structures in the dashboard presented a risk of injury to the knee and femurs of both driver and passenger.

In relation to child protection, Euro NCAP commented that the passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward-facing child restraint to be used in that seating position. However, information provided to the driver regarding the status of the airbag is not clear.

The labels warning of the risks of placing a rearward-facing child restraint in the front passenger seat are also not sufficiently clear.

In the side-impact tests, the restraint for the dummy representing a three-year-old child rotated, placing the dummy's head outside the protection offered by the side of the restraint.

In the same test, the head of the 18-month-old dummy contacted the interior trim. The resulting peak acceleration recorded by the dummy indicated a risk of head injury.

The presence of ISOFIX anchorages in the rear seats was not clearly marked.

For pedestrian protection, the bumper and the front edge of the bonnet scored no points for the protection they offered to pedestrians' legs, meaning the Mini Cooper scored just two stars. However this is an improvement on the previous Mini Cooper, which scored just one star in pedestrian protection.