# The Toyota Starlet has earned a zero-star adult safety rating.

*robotics · news · 2026-05-13 · NDTV.com*

## Key points

- The Toyota Starlet received a zero-star adult safety rating from Global NCAP for Africa.
- Crash tests showed zero out of 34 possible points for adult occupant protection in the Starlet.
- Toyota informed Global NCAP of upgraded South African Starlets with standard side head and thorax airbags.
- Global NCAP will retest the updated Starlet model to directly compare safety improvements.

**Companies:** Toyota, Maruti Suzuki
**Countries:** India, South Africa

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