5 Star Safety Rating
The independent consumer organisation European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has tested the Škoda Elroq and awarded this fully electric compact SUV the maximum 5-star safety rating. The Enyaq and Octavia models have also retained their top ratings this year, demonstrating that even under Euro NCAP’s stricter 2025 test criteria they remain among the safest cars on the market. This underscores Škoda’s consistently strong track record, with every newly developed model since 2008 achieving a top 5-star Euro NCAP rating.
In Adult Occupant Protection, the first of the four categories assessed, the Škoda Elroq scored 90%, well above the 80% required for a 5-star rating. The assessment involves four crash tests: a 50 km/h frontal impact with a moving deformable barrier, a 50 km/h frontal impact into a rigid wall, a 60 km/h lateral impact with a mobile barrier, and a 32 km/h side-pole impact. The evaluation also factors in rear-impact whiplash protection and post-crash safety systems, such as the multi-collision brake and automatic window lowering in submersion tests.
In Child Occupant Protection, the Elroq scored 87%. In both the frontal and side impact tests, the child dummies recorded very low levels of strain, giving the model an entirely green result in this category. The Elroq also achieved maximum points for the ease of installation and compatibility of a wide range of child seats available on the market.
In the third category, Vulnerable Road User (VRU) Protection – covering pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists – the Elroq scored 77%. This category evaluates the vehicle’s ability to prevent accidents through advanced sensor systems. Tests replicate a range of real-world scenarios, including crossing pedestrians or cyclists, longitudinally moving vulnerable road users, and detection while turning or reversing. These situations are assessed in both daylight and darkness. Another key new feature is the “door opening” assist, warning occupants when getting put of the car if a cyclist or motorcyclist is approaching from behind. Where a collision cannot be avoided, impact tests measure potential injuries using child and adult headform impactors, upper legform impactors, and legform impactors.
In the Safety Assist category, which evaluates driver-assist systems, the Elroq scored 78%. This area covers the vehicle’s ability to avoid collisions with other vehicles in a range of scenarios, as well as the effectiveness of lane-keeping assistance, where the Elroq collected the maximum number of points.
The Škoda Enyaq and Škoda Octavia also met this year’s stricter evaluation criteria and secured the top rating. The Škoda Enyaq matched its 2021 result, while the Škoda Octavia has now been tested for the third time. After earning 5-star ratings in 2019 and 2022, it has once again confirmed its high level of safety, which it will now continue to maintain over the next six years. Together, the three models extend Škoda’s strong track record in Europe’s benchmark crash-safety test.
Euro NCAP is a consortium of transport ministries, automobile clubs, insurance associations, and research institutes from ten European countries. Established in 1997 and based in Leuven, Belgium, it conducts safety tests on current models and evaluates adult and child occupant protection, the protection of vulnerable road users, and active safety systems. The assessments are based on the minimum safety equipment installed in vehicles sold across the EU27, the United Kingdom, and Norway. Since 2020, Euro NCAP has tightened its evaluation criteria every three years, contributing to a steady fall in road accidents and their consequences.