Chery Tiggo 9 Withstands Public Three-Vehicle Crash Test

Overview

• Chery conducted a public three-vehicle composite crash of the Tiggo 9 during the International Business Summit in April 2026 at its Longshan test center in Wuhu, with dealers, media and user representatives on site.
• The trial combined a 50 km/h frontal hit from a Tiggo 7 with a simultaneous 40 km/h rear strike delivered by a moving barrier that matched a Tiggo 7’s load, according to Paul Tan’s report.
• Post-impact checks found the passenger space intact with no major pillar deformation, all doors unlocked and opened, front, side and curtain airbags deployed, pretensioner seat belts activated, and no fuel leakage detected.
• Chery attributes the result to a high-rigidity body using 85% high-strength steel and 21% hot-stamped steel, optimized load paths and a 10‑airbag layout, and it said the Tiggo 7 also showed strong structure.
• The company positions the demo as part of a broader safety campaign that has included a battery fire test in Malaysia plus seawater immersion, desert heat, battery penetration and underbody abrasion trials, and coverage notes this was a manufacturer-run validation rather than a rating-agency test.