Other sections in this guide
- Overview
- Car safety features explained
- Primary safety explained
- Secondary safety explained
- Top five tips for buying a safe car
Safety has become ever more important to car buyers since Which? first introduced safety ratings for new cars in 1983. In response, car manufacturers have introduced numerous new safety features to improve the crashworthiness - and the all-important Euro NCAP safety scores - of their cars. Click on our interactive safety car below to learn what these features are and how they work.