Safety Concerns
The REVA is exempt from most European crash test rules, because its low weight and power registers it in the European "heavy quadricycle" category instead of the "car" category.
The UK Department for Transport found "serious safety concerns" after crashing a now discontinued G-Wiz at 56 km/h (35 mph) into a deformable barrier on 24 April 2007, which is part of the normal test for production cars. Likewise, a test commissioned by Top Gear Magazine that followed the Euro NCAP crash test specifications found that the occupants would suffer "serious or life-threatening" injuries in a 64 km/h (40 mph) crash.
As a result, the current REVA i and REVA L-ion models include several new safety features such as front disc brakes, a collapsible steering column, and a much revised and reinforced chassis that has been successfully crash tested in India by ARAI. A 40 km/h (25 mph) frontal crash test video of the new model is available online.
The REVA Electric Car Company (RECC) claimed in 2008 that the car has an excellent safety record: "In over 80 million km of Reva usage, there has not been a single fatality or serious injury".
On 18 October 2010, a London woman Judit Nadal was killed when her G-Wiz was torn apart in a collision with a Škoda Octavia. The other driver was not seriously injured.
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