New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Maruti Suzuki Celerio, one of the popular small hatchbacks in India for a long time, has been crash tested by Global NCAP (GNCAP). The Maruti Suzuki Celerio has scored a three-star safety rating for adult occupant protection (AOP) and two-star rating for child occupant protection (COP) in the Global NCAP crash test. The hatchback scored 18.04 points out of 34 in AOP, and 18.57 points out of 49 in COP.

Interestingly, this safety rating comes as Maruti Suzuki has made six airbags and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) as standard for the Celerio, which marked as a major update to the safety kit offered on the hatchback. But, despite the additional safety equipments, the hatchback continued to fall short of higher safe...