Mumbai, April 20 -- The India-bound Maruti Suzuki Swift has been crash-tested by the Japan New Car Assessment Programme and has received a four-star safety rating.

The JNCAP test program also evaluates ADAS performance for which the Swift has scored 5/5 in 6 out of the 7 tests and in fact, even on that one test, pedal misapplication, it scored 4/5.

In the collision tests, it scored 5/5 in the frontal collision test (passenger's seat), side collision test (driver's seat), neck injury protection rear-end collision performance test (passenger and driver's seat), and pedestrian leg protection performance test.

In total, it earned four stars and a score of 177.80/197 points. If the Japanese tests are anything to go by, then we also expect t...