Safety

The Mazda2’s Skyactiv-Body ‘triple H’ body structure, which comprises 65 per cent high tensile steels, provides an incredibly strong and lightweight protective safety cell around driver and passengers. Standard-fit safety equipment includes - Dynamic Stability Control, Emergency Stop Signalling, Hill Launch Assist and Tyre Pressure Monitoring System, while 90ps and 115ps models also feature Lane-Keep Assist, Lane Departure Warning and Advanced Smart City Brake Support.

The optimised side and curtain airbags are of a larger capacity to not only cover the pelvis but also offer higher levels of impact protection to the chest and abdomen. Naturally, the head areas for both front and rear occupants are fully covered.

The range-topping 115ps Homura Aka benefits from an extensive list of extensive safety equipment that includes: Adaptive LED headlights, 360 view monitor, Colour Active Driving Display – head-up display, Blind Spot Monitoring, Driver Attention Alert and Rear Smart City Brake Support.

Mazda’s i-Activsense suite of advanced safety technologies help the driver to be aware of potential hazards and avoid them. Standard on all 90ps models, the Advanced Smart City Brake Support is designed to automatically stop the car, or reduce the speed of the car, when there is a risk of collision with the vehicle or pedestrian in front while travelling at speeds up to approximately 50mph. This helps the driver avoid or reduce the severity of a crash. Using a near-infrared sensor mounted on the windscreen to constantly monitor preceding vehicles at a range of up to around six metres it primes the brakes to remove any play in the pedal if its detects a collision is imminent. If the driver does not respond to potential obstruction ahead, it automatically applies the brakes, extensively reducing the possibility of impact at speeds of up to 10mph and significantly reducing the intensity of a collision.

Also standard from 90ps models upwards is Mazda’s Lane-keep Assist System. The intuitive system uses a front view camera mounted at the top of the windscreen to monitor the proximity of lane markings and determines whether or not the vehicle is about to unintentionally stray from its lane. It warns drivers via a vibration in the steering wheel and an audible sound from the corresponding side speaker along with a visual warning in the instrument panel.

Available on the 115ps Homura Aka only, Driver Attention Alert is designed to reduce accidents caused by driver fatigue. Working a speeds over 40mph, the system begins to learn and interpret the driver’s habits, and if the system detects changes in the vehicle that suggests the driver may be losing concentration, it will play an audible sound and display a warning in the Multi-Information Display to suggest a break for the driver.