Ford’s recently revamped Ford Transit has become the brand’s fourth commercial vehicle to earn a Platinum safety award from Euro NCAP.
The Transit joins the Transit Custom, Transit Connect and Transit Courier in securing the highest achievable safety recognition from the independent vehicle safety authority, making it a full house across the Ford Pro van line-up.
Ford gave the E-Transit and E‑Transit a major technology upgrade for the 2024 model year, boosting connectivity and productivity for fleets but also adding new safety tech as standard. This includes Pre-Collision Assist with autonomous emergency braking, lane keeping alert & aid, and intelligent speed assist.
Equipped with technologies that can help avoid or mitigate the effects of collisions with other road users, prevent drivers drifting in or across lanes, and automatically limit vehicle speed, the enhanced Transit achieved an overall score of 95% across the six evaluated categories. The result included maximum scores for occupant safety monitoring and lane support systems.
The arrival of latest advanced driver assistance systems as standard has helped boost the Transit’s safety status from Gold to Platinum.
Euro NCAP said the latest-generation Transit excels in all areas, adding: “With safety technology which is on a par with modern passenger cars, the Transit sits comfortably amongst the vans offering the highest levels of safety.”
The recognition means Ford Pro now offers the highest achievable safety standard across the whole of its new-generation Transit family, following Platinum safety awards for the all-new Transit Custom and Transit Connect earlier this year, and Transit Courier in 2023.
Hans Schep, general manager at Ford Pro, Europe, said: “The safety of drivers and cargo is the number one priority for businesses across Europe. Euro NCAP Platinum awards for our entire Transit line-up are the ultimate recognition of how seriously we take safety at Ford Pro.”
Transit was already among the top-performing vans when Euro NCAP first introduced its new commercial van testing initiative in 2020 – earning a Gold safety award.
The Euro NCAP Platinum safety award acknowledges the fourth-generation Ford Transit from 2024 onwards.
