Safest cars on sale in the UK - pictures

The Lexus ES earned two Euro NCAP awards in 2018, for safest Large Family Car and safest Hybrid & Electric Vehicle.

The Mercedes A-Class is packed with hi-tech safety features, which helped it to earn Euro NCAP's safest Small Family Car award.

Euro NCAP gives class honours to the best-performing cars in its crash tests each year.

The Hyundai Nexo was the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) to be crash tested by Euro NCAP, and it recorded excellent scores across the board.

Euro NCAP carries out rigorous testing of new cars, as suggested by the image above.

In 2017 the Volkswagen Polo scored five stars with an average of 76 per cent in each category. For our review of the 1.0-litre Polo, click the link below:

In 2017 Subaru XV scored five stars with an average of 84 per cent in each category. For our review of the XV, click the link below:

The Subaru Impreza scored five stars with an average of 83 per cent in each category. For our review of the Impreza, click the link below:

The Vauxhall Crossland X scored five stars with an average of 72 per cent in each category. For our review of the Crossland X, click the link below:

The Volkswagen T-Roc scored five stars with an average of 83 per cent in each category. For our review of the T-Roc, click the link below:

The Volvo XC60 scored five stars with an average of 89 per cent in each category. For our review of the XC60, click the link below:

The Volkswagen Arteon scored five stars with an average of 87 per cent in each category. For our review of the Arteon, click the link below: