New Perodua Traz scores 5-star ASEAN NCAP rating

The Perodua Traz was finally launched this morning after years of ‘coming soon’ rumours and the Toyota Yaris Cross twin enters the market with a five-star ASEAN NCAP rating. Hours after the launch, the car safety body released the full crash test report card and video, which we’ll look into here.

The Traz has been awarded the full five stars by ASEAN NCAP in the current 2021-2025 protocol. The B-segment SUV achieved a total score of 86.86 points, with Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) at 30.86 points out of 32 (weighted score 38.57), and Child Occupant Protection at 43.89 points out of 51 (weighted score 17.21).

In the Safety Assist (SA) segment, it’s 19.5/21 (SA weighted score 18.57), and the Traz posted 10/16 in the Motorcyclist Safety area (MS weighted score 12.5).

This is the second ASEAN NCAP report card for a Perodua to surface in a month, and if you remember, the QV-E EV also scored the full five stars with a total score of 88.36 points.

That’s higher than the Traz’s overall score, but if you look closer, the Traz’s actual crash test result points (AOP and COP) are slightly higher than QV-E’s, but the EV’s perfect score in the SA department clawed back some points. Anyway, this is just splitting hairs – both cars are very safe.

By the way, the MIROS PC3 lab in Melaka crash tested a Yaris Cross earlier this year. The Indonesian-made Toyota twin of the Traz scored 29.28 points out of 32 in the AOP, 44.17 points out of 51 for COP, 17.74 points out of 21 for SA and 9.76 points out of 16 for MS – with an overall score of 83.02. Same protocol and procedures, but the Traz scored higher. We actually saw the wreckage in a recent visit.

To recap, the Traz comes standard with six airbags and Perodua’s ASA safety suite with pre-collision warning and brake (AEB, for pedestrians too), front departure alert and pedal misoperation control. There’s also lane departure warning/prevention and blind spot monitoring. Parking assists come in the form of rear cross traffic alert and front/rear corner sensors.

Going from the RM76,100 X to the RM81,100 H (RM82k for the two-tone option) will net you a 360-degree parking camera (reverse camera for the X) and dashcam. However, the Traz does not come with adaptive cruise control (ACC) – or even regular cruise control for that matter – which is why its right steering spoke doesn’t have a D-pad.

The lack of ACC might be a bit of a downer, especially when the Ativa, Alza and Myvi (since its Nov 2021 facelift) have the feature. But perhaps Perodua customers are a bit spoiled when it comes to safety kit – for context, in the latest Proton X50 facelift, you’ll have to opt for the RM101,800 Premium to get AEB, which comes with the full ADAS pack. Before July 2025, ADAS was reserved for that SUV’s Flagship variant.

Full details and specs of the Traz here, plus full galleries of all colours and a walk-around video.

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