Mitsubishi Triton Recently Achieved The Highest ANCAP Safety Predicate, But There Are Notes

Mitsubishi all-new Triton was tested by ANCAP (source: ANCAP)

JAKARTA - After being absent for almost ten years, Mitsubishi Triton comes with the latest generation introduced in July last year. The car adopted the design of the XRT Concept exhibited at the Bangkok International Motor Show in 2023.

Not only has the latest design, this car is also considered to have a toughness and safety side at the top level. This is evidenced by the test conducted by the Australation of the New Car Assesstment Program (ANCAP) where the pickup obtained five stars or the highest assessment.

"This rating shows Mitsubishi's determination and ability in designing, building, and presenting five-star products," said ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, Carla Hoorweg, quoted from the ANCAP page, Tuesday, April 16.

Mitsubishi all-new Triton shows high-level protection for drivers, adult passengers in front seats, and child passengers in most physical hit tests.

The maximum score was achieved in the passenger frontal test, driver frontal pole testing and full-width tilt, and both child dolls in front and side collisions.

As part of a series of destructive tests, ANCAP assesses the potential risk of injury to other vehicle passengers if they are hit by a tested vehicle. Triton is shown to pose a relatively low risk compared to other similar vehicles.

However, there is a record of improvements to the chest and legs for small rear passengers in full-width fronmtal testing where the score achieved is low enough that the risk of a stomach injury is quite high.

With the added assessment of the Safety Assist device, the latest Triton yields a combined score of 70 percent or on the score threshold for five-star rankings. This car is equipped with Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) which can detect and respond to other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, and motorbikes.

However, this system is not equipped with technology to avoid collisions at intersections and direct collisions. This limits the scores of security devices as a whole. The latest Triton is also equipped with Driver Monitoring Systems (DMS) technology as a standard that plays a role in encouraging Safety Assist assessments.

The Triton meets the requirements of the ANCAP protocol in warning of fatigue and interference, but the implementation of this system by Mitsubishi can be improved by reducing unnecessary warnings to drivers, Hoorweg added.

The assessment carried out by ANCAP is valid from 2023 to 2025. After that, the agency will re-examine with the latest criteria and testing.

This further improves the portfolio of the latest Mitsubishi Triton after the model was tested by ASEAN NCAP at the end of 2023 by winning a five-star rating or a total score of 74.71 points.