COMMERCIAL VAN SAFETY 2021

Volkswagen Crafter 35 Kasten Trendline HD, 4Motion

SAFETY ASSIST 44% PERFORMANCE

SPECIFICATION

TESTED MODEL Volkswagen Crafter — 35 Kasten Trendline HD, 4Motion

BODY TYPE / CATEGORY Monocoque / N1

KERB / PAYLOAD / TEST WEIGHT 2548 kg / 952 kg / 3020 kg

APPLIES TO 2nd generation 2017 to present

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

SAFETY ASSIST Driver Passenger

Seat Belt reminder

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS (on tested variant)

AEB Car-to-Car

AEB Pedestrian

AEB Cyclist

Lane Support Systems

Speed Assist Systems

Attention Assist

STANDARD FITTED AS OPTION NOT AVAILABLE

Verdict

All in all, the Crafter emerges with a silver medal from Euro NCAP’s tests. Its AEB system lacks the more sophisticated elements of the gold medallists, like recognition of vulnerable road users, but a good amount of safety equipment is offered to those consumers looking for safety.

For detailed comments see below. Version 090321 Version Euro NCAP © 2020 Volkswagen Crafter 1/7

Euro NCAP-Commercial Van Safety 2021-Volkswagen Crafter-datasheet Version 090321 Approaching astationarycar Autobrake functiononly AEB CAR-TO-CAR Approaching abrakingcar Approaching aslowermovingcar Approaching astationarycar GOOD COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 SAFETY ASSISTPERFORMANCE Operational From Type ADEQUATE 8 km/h AEB &FCW MARGINAL

Approaching aslowermovingcar Approaching astationarycar Approaching aslowermovingcar WEAK Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter2/7 Orange POOR Total 44% 14.2 /30 P ts Version 090321 Approaching astationarycar Driver reactstowarning(Forward CollisionWarning-FCW) Approaching abrakingcar Approaching aslowermovingcar Approaching astationarycar GOOD COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 SAFETY ASSISTPERFORMANCE ADEQUATE MARGINAL

Approaching aslowermovingcar Approaching astationarycar Approaching aslowermovingcar WEAK Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter3/7 POOR Total 44% Version 090321 Adult crossingtheroad AEB PEDESTRIAN Cyclist crossing AEB CYCLIST Adult alongtheroadside GOOD COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 SAFETY ASSISTPERFORMANCE ADEQUATE MARGINAL

Child runningfrombehindparkedvehicles Cyclist alongtheroadside WEAK Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter4/7 Grey Grey POOR Total 44% N/A N/A Version 090321 LANE SUPPORT OCCUPANT STATUS MONITORING SPEED ASSISTANCE GOOD COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 SEATBELT REMINDER DRIVER MONITORING PERFORMANCE Blind SpotInformationSystem(BLIS) SAFETY ASSISTPERFORMANCE Speed LimitInformationFunction PASS Emergency LaneKeeping(ELK)/ Lane DepartureWarning(LDW) Speed LimitationFunction Lane KeepAssist(LKA) Attention AssistDriver Operational From Audible Warning FAIL Visual Warning Type ADEQUATE Yellow NOT AVAILABLE

Manually set Camera based 60 km/h ELK/LKA, LDW&BLIS Driver Seat MARGINAL

Front Passenger WEAK Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter5/7 Orange Green Yellow POOR Total 44% 15.0 /20 10.0 /15 5.3 /15 P P P ts ts ts

Version 090321

GOOD COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 NCAP’s requirements. and indicatestothedriverthatheshouldtakeabreak.However, asthesystemisnotswitchedonbydefault,itdidmeetEuro optional driver-statemonitoringsystemwhichidentifiessteeringpatternsarecharacteristicoffatiguedorimpaired driving A seatbeltreminderisprovidedasstandardonlyforthedriver’sseatbutavailablepassengerseat.The Crafter hasan sufficient accuracytobeawardedpoints. driver whocanthensetthelimiterasappropriate.Thesystemworkedwellbutwasunabletomaintain the speedwith A camera-basedspeedassistancesystemusestraffic-signrecognitiontoidentifylocallimitsandpresentsthis informationto information system(BLIS). good performanceinEuroNCAP’stests,thesystemwasrewarded.Additionallanesupportisprovidedbyoptionalblind-spot more aggressivelyinsomeemergencysituations.Thisfunctionalityis,bydefault,turnedonatthestartofeveryjourneyand,with well, althoughLKAallowedthevehicletodrifttoofaroverlaneedgeinsomeoftestscenarios.Thesystemalsointervenes is driftingoutoflane,andlanekeepassist(LKA),whichgentlysteersthevehiclebackintolane.Boththesefunctionsworked A lane support system is offered asan option andcompriseslane departure warning(LDW),which warnsthe driverif thevehicle cyclists. or slightlyoffsetandoverallperformancewasadequate.Thesystemdoesnotrecognisevulnerableroaduserslikepedestriansand car whenitwassignificantlyoffsettotherightorleft.Therebetterperformancetargetvehiclestraightahead NCAP’s testvehicle.Intestsofthesystem’sfunctionalitywithacarinfront,therewasnoresponsetostationaryorslower-moving Autonomous emergencybraking(AEB),togetherwithforwardcollisionwarning(FCW)isavailableasanoptionandwasfittedtoEuro Comment SAFETY ASSISTPERFORMANCE ADEQUATE MARGINAL

WEAK Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter6/7 POOR Total 44% Version 090321 For latestfitmentinfo foryourmarket,checkour GOOD FITMENT COMMERCIAL VANSAFETY2021 OCCUPANT STATUS MONITORINGSYSTEMS SPEED ASSISTSYSTEMS LANE SUPPORTSYSTEMS AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCYBRAKINGSYSTEMS Speed LimitInformationFunction Seatbelt Reminder-Passenger Blind SpotInformationSystem STANDARD Emergency LaneKeeping/ Seatbelt Reminder-Driver Speed LimitationFunction Lane DepartureWarning Lane KeepAssist Attention Assist AEB Pedestrian

AEB Car-to-Car AEB Cyclist FITTED ASOPTION

ADEQUATE

FRANCE website

. GERMANY NOT AVAILABLE MARGINAL

ITALY

LUXEMBOURG WEAK SPAIN Euro NCAP ©2020Volkswagen Crafter7/7

SWEDEN

THE POOR NETHERLANDS

UNITED KINGDOM