10 Safest Sedans You Can Buy in India

by Ashish Kumar March 18, 2021

When it comes to cars, safety is on the top-priorities with performance and comfort, Even in India, manufacturers like Tata, Honda, Toyota, and many more are promoting safer vehicles and are boasting off their crashworthiness tests for promotion and advertisement of their vehicles. Take Tata for instance, which has recently worn the thinking cap, and in no time has become a leading automaker in terms of safety. Its lineup has some high-rated safe SUVs, sedans, and even hatchbacks. But for now, let’s concentrate on the hottest segment in India, that is, sedans.

Sedans have been a popular pick of Indians while the world is chasing its madness over crossovers. Brands like Toyota, Honda, and even Tata have some outstanding nameplates that redefine the safety standards, which has been daunting the Indian automotive industry for a while now. So, here’s a compiled list of sedans, the safest ones that you can get your hands on:

Safest Sedans in India

Honda Civic 4-Star (Euro NCAP)

The Honda Civic is a globally renowned mid-size sedan, known for its stylish aesthetic appeal, powerful and efficient powertrain and safety. Here in India, the Honda Civic equips dual front airbags as standard and electronic features include, vehicle stability assist, angle handling assist and more. The 4-star safety rating by EURO NCAP justifies the Honda Civic as a safe proposition.

Hyundai Elantra - 5-Star (ASEAN NCAP)

The Hyundai Elantra is one stylish premium sedan loved for its advanced tech and cozy interior. Just like Honda and Toyota, Hyundai is also promoting safer and robust cars for the competitive Indian market. The list of safety features includes six airbags, electronic stability control, and front and rear parking sensor, six airbags, electronic stability control, and front and rear parking sensors. The Hyundai Elantra has also earned a 5-star safety rating badge from the ASEAN NCAP tests, which makes it a safer, prominent sedan.

Skoda Superb - 5-Star (Euro NCAP)

The Volkswagen owned Skoda is one of the top automakers in India that outperforms popular badges in engine refinement and performance. The Skoda Superb also leads in top-notch safety in the India automobile market. The standard safety feature list of the Skoda Superb includes eight airbags for driver and passenger (rear and front), the parktronic sensors at front and rear determining obstacles in advance. Apart from that, the adaptive front line system with LED daytime running lights are again very useful. Beside these, the Superb also equips Care Connect with automatic emergency call, which establishes a voice and data connection to an emergency call center.

Toyota Yaris - 5-Star (ASEAN NCAP)

Toyota is renowned for its reliability and safety, and Yaris is one underrated nameplate, specially in India. The mid-size sedan prowess in safety as it equips ABS, EBD and 7-airbags( driver, passenger, two side, two curtain and knee), standard right from the baseline. It has also performed brilliantly in ASEAN NCAP crashworthiness tests, and has been tagged with a outstanding 5-star safety rating. It also fits front parking sensors as standard, along with 4-wheel disc brakes (on the V and VX versions).

Honda City - 5-Star (ASEAN NCAP)

The Honda City nameplate has been around for decades now, and the stylish mid-size sedan has evolved a more sophisticated modern-day sedan. The Honda City is based on an ACE(advanced compatibility engineering) body structure, that makes use of ultra-high tensile strength steel frame that uses super high formability 980 MPa grade steel. The standard safety equipment on the Honda City includes six airbags( dual front i-SRS, front seat i-Side airbags and side curtain) around the cabin. The available safety features also includes ABS, EBD, Brake Assist, Vehicle Stability Control, Agile Handling Assist, and Hill Start Assist).

Hyundai Verna - 5-Star (Global NCAP)

The Hyundai Verna has been a 5-star recepient from the Global NCAP, and is a profieicnt sedan when it comes to safety. The Hyundai Verna includes 6-airbags, Electronic Stability Control, Emergency Stop Signal, Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, Steering adaptive guideline, ISOFIX, Front Parking Sensor(Turbo) and Vehicle stability management.

Maruti Suzuki Ciaz - 4-Star (Global ASEAN NCAP)

The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz is one premium sedan sold in bundles in India, it is also one of the few hybrid vehicles that are available in India. The C-segment sedan has received a remarkable 4-star rating in the ASEAN NCAP crash tests. The vehicle sports multiple airbags, ABS, EBD, Brake Assist, 3 point seatbelts, parking sensors and reverse guide system. The Maruti Suzuki Ciaz is based on reinforced S-tech body structure that disperses the impact force, and constitutes of various impact protection beams and crumple zones.

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Tata Tigor - 4-Star (Global NCAP)

In the safety-deserted roads of India, Tata was the first indigenous automaker to prioritize safety just like other aspects on its vehicles. The Tata Tigor is an outstanding Tata vehicle with a 4-star safety ratings in Global NCAP for adult occupant protection and a 3-star rating for child occupant protection . The mid-size sedan offers 2 frontal airbags as standard along with ABS, EBD, rearview camera, and more. Tata’s Tigor is constructed on Alfa Architecture that makes the body shell stable against hard impacts while crash.

Honda Amaze - 4-Star (Global NCAP - Africa)

The Honda Amaze is one of the best selling mid-size sedans in India, and it decent fuel economy is one of the top aspects. The African version of the Amaze mid-size sedan has received a 4-star from Global NCAP in adult occupant safety while a single star in child occupant safety. The Honda Amaze fits 2-airbags as standard along with ABS, seatbelt reminder, and more.

Ford Aspire - 4-Star (Global NCAP)

The Blue Oval/Ford is an American automaker, and the Ford Figo Aspire is brand’s made-in-India nameplate. In recent rounds of crash tests by Latin NCAP, the Ford Figo Aspire has received a 4-star safety ratings. It equips standard dual airbags, ABS, EBD and a high-speed alert system. The upper trims adds six airbags in range topping Titanium+ trim, while safety features like ESC, traction control, and hill start assist are only limited to its petrol automatic variant.

These were one of the top safe sedans in India that are feature-packed and the most popular nameplates.