What happened
ANCAP, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program, rates new vehicles for Australia and New Zealand. On 19 November 2020, it published a comparison of automatic emergency braking for pedestrians on Australia's ten best-selling models. Five had ratings under the 2018-2019 criteria, so their pedestrian braking results were known. For comparable results, ANCAP ran a dedicated series of tests of pedestrians crossing and walking along the road. Five models gave Advanced performance: the Toyota HiLux, Toyota Corolla, Mazda CX-5, Mazda 3 and Toyota RAV4. The systems on the Hyundai i30, Mitsubishi Triton and Mitsubishi ASX gave Basic performance and were less effective, particularly at night. ANCAP's own rating of the CX-5 dated from 2017 and drew on tests by Euro NCAP. Its autonomous emergency braking then scored 5.86 points for pedestrians, and ANCAP reported that it could detect pedestrians and performed well. The comparison covered pedestrian scenarios only and did not change any rating. No crash avoided on public roads is reported.
Sources
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Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.
ANCAP (Australasian New Car Assessment Program). Comparison tests of top 10 sellers show advances in AEB systems. Media release, 19 November 2020.
The results obtained through the top ten comparison show a broad difference in effectiveness of AEB systems across models, with five providing Advanced levels of performance (Toyota Hilux, Toyota Corolla, Mazda CX-5, Mazda 3 and Toyota RAV4).
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Assessment report, by authors with no tie to the system.
The autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system can detect pedestrians and performed well in testing of this functionality.
Details
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ANCAP compared the pedestrian braking of Australia's ten best-selling models in scenarios of pedestrians crossing and walking along the road. Autonomous emergency braking was standard on every CX-5 covered by the 2017 rating.
Follow-up
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The results cover pedestrian scenarios only. The results do not replace or alter the CX-5's ANCAP safety rating.
Entry details
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Road vehicle crash avoidance.
- Purpose
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Mazda built the autonomous emergency braking of the CX-5 to warn the driver and brake automatically when a collision with a vehicle or pedestrian is likely.
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Cite this record
Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Autonomous emergency braking on the CX-5 is Advanced for pedestrians (AIBD-1116). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 1 November 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-1116.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 7.0)