JAC T9 ute receives five-star safety rating ahead of Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger rival's Australian debut

The JAC T9 will debut in Australia with a five-star ANCAP safety rating, according to 2024 testing protocols.

Overall, the T9 received scores of 85 per cent or above across ANCAP’s four testing categories. For context, vehicles require a minimum score of either 70 per cent or 80 per cent in each category to achieve a five-star rating.

It brings the JAC T9 in line with the rest of the ute segment, all of which have received five star ANCAP ratings, with the exception of the Jeep Gladiator, which received a rating of three stars in accordance with 2019 protocols.

In physical crash tests, the T9 scored full points for driver protection in the full width frontal, side impact, far side impact, and whiplash tests.

Full points were also awarded to the JAC T9 for its protection of child occupants in the frontal offset and side impact tests. Customers should note, though, that ANCAP does not recommend the installation of child restraints in the rear centre seating position as there is no top tether anchorage.

Full points were achieved by the T9 in autonomous emergency braking (AEB) tests with a motorcycle, as well as adult and child pedestrians when reversing (AEB Backover), and AEB head-on tests with an oncoming vehicle. Full points were also seen in the lane support system tests, including overtaking scenarios with a motorcycle.

2025 JAC T9

It did falter in some areas, though, in particular, the 'crash compatibility' test, which assesses the risks presented to other vehicles in a frontal crash. The T9 received a relatively high penalty of 6.22 points out of a possible 8.00 points. For comparison, the Mitsubishi Triton, which was also assessed according to 2024 protocols, recorded a 3.16 point penalty.

The full width frontal test, which assesses the effectiveness of seatbelts and airbag restraints, particularly for smaller adults, with protection of the rear passengers chest were assessed as 'marginal'.

'Adequate' results were also shown for protection of the driver’s chest in the oblique pole and frontal offset (MPDB) tests. Protection of the driver and front passenger’s lower legs was also assessed as Adequate in the MPDB test.

2025 JAC T9

That said, it is still a strong result for the JAC T9, which is expected to be launched in Australia in the coming months.

The score will apply to both the T9’s 2.0-litre diesel Oasis and Haven variants.

“JAC has clearly committed to bring high levels of safety performance to the Australian market with the T9 and are to be commended for achieving these strong results with their first offering,” said ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, Carla Hoorweg.