India, Dec. 22 -- The Maruti Suzuki Celerio has received a 3-star rating for adult occupant protection and a 2-star rating for child occupant protection in the latest crash test results released by Global NCAP.

The rating applies to the current version of the Celerio sold in India, which now comes with six airbags as standard. Despite the additional safety equipment, the hatchback continues to fall short of higher safety benchmarks under Global NCAP's updated testing protocols.

In adult occupant protection, the Celerio scored 18.04 points out of a possible 34. For child occupant protection, it managed 18.57 points out of 49. By comparison, the earlier Celerio equipped with only two airbags had previously scored 2 stars for adult protect...