Global NCAP calls for democratisation of auto safety and adoption of UN occupant and pedestrian protect standards by 2020

1. 94th Annual Meeting
Transportation Research Board
Global Road Safety Sub-Committee
Washington DC, 14 January 2015
Democratizing Car Safety Worldwide:
The Role of Global NCAP
David Ward
Secretary General,
Global New Car Assessment Programme

2. NCAPs Promoting Safer Cars…Worldwide
NCAPs promote a ‘market for safety’ by raising awareness of the car buying public, and
rewarding manufacturers that build the safest cars. There are now nine NCAPs active in
Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the USA. Global NCAP provide a platform for
cooperation among NCAPs and supports their development in rapidly motorising regions.

3. 2014 Highlights
On 28-30 October our 2014 Annual Meeting
was held at CATARC in Tianjin China. In May
we launched a Fleet Safety Guide and Safer Car
Purchasing Policy at a Forum in Melbourne,
Australia. In September we joined the Bloomberg
Philanthropies’ Road Safety Program.
ASEAN NCAP, Latin NCAP, and the Safer Cars for
India (SCI) project have made strong progress.
Five star cars are now featuring in results of both
ASEAN and Latin NCAP and SCI has acted as a
catalyst for action by both car makers and the
Government of India.
VW and Toyota are making air bags standard on
their Indian cars and the Government will make
UN crash tests mandatory from 2017.

4. In the major high income countries safety
standards and consumer information promoted
by NCAPs have made cars safer than ever
before. This progress is the combination of
“regulatory push” and “demand pull”. The
challenge now is to promote this successful
formula worldwide .
We need to democratise safety by
guaranteeing acceptable standards for all new
cars and by providing consumers with the
information they need to buy the safest
vehicles they can afford.
This will create a global market for safer cars
and contribute to the life saving goals of the UN
Decade of Action 2011-2020.
Car Safety’s Winning Formula:
Regulatory Push & Demand Pull

5. Changing Geography of the Global Car Market
Top 10 Car Producing
Countries/regions 2013

6. On 18-19 November 2015 Brazil will host
the 2nd
Global Ministerial Conference on
Road Safety to review progress of the UN
Decade of Action.
Global NCAP is preparing a ‘Road Map
2020 for Safer Cars’ which will be launched
ahead of the 2015 Ministerial. It will focus
on the challenge of improving car safety in
the rapidly motorising middle income
countries.
Global NCAP will strongly recommend a
phased (2016 to 2020) application to all
new cars of the most important UN Regs.
& GTRs (or equivalent national standards
such as FVMSSs) where applicable.
Global NCAP Road Map 2020

7. UN Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
The Global Plan of the Decade supports
wider application of the most important
global standards available under the 1958
and 1998 agreements of the UN World
Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle
Regulations (WP29).*
These are:
Reg. 14 Seat belt anchorages
Reg. 16 Safety belts & restraints
Reg. 94 Frontal collision
Reg. 95 Lateral collision
Reg.13H (GTR 8) Electronic stability control
Reg.127 (GTR 9) Pedestrian protection
*or equivalent national standards (eg: FVMSSs)

8. Crash Worthiness: Occupant Protection in Front & Side Impact
Crash tests for front and side impact are
the most important passive safety
assessment tools used both in legislation
and consumer information programmes.
The frontal impact simulates a car to car
crash in which the test vehicle hits a
barrier that replicates the soft front
end of the other vehicle. The impact is
‘offset’ with a 40% overlap as many frontal
crashes occur in this configuration.
The UN Reg. 94 test speed is 56 km/h whilst
NCAP tests usually use 64 km/h (the speed
at which fatalities are most common).
The side impact test uses a trolley that
hits the vehicle just above the door sill area
at 50 km/h.

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Chassis Systems Control
Crash Avoidance: Global Overview of ABS/ESC Installation Rates
ESC
ABS
Passenger cars & LCV <6
Info: ESP contains ABS
Based on production
World
Brazil
Europe Russia
JapanChina
India
100%
100%
100%
30%
44%
52%
93%
96%
97%
96%
98%
98%
81%
88%
90%
67%
93%
92%
87%
90%
91%
North America
99%
99%
100%

10. Global NCAP’s 2015 Road Map Regulatory Recommendations
Road Map for Safer Cars 2020
Apply UN Regulations* for:
All New Cars Produced
or Imported
All Cars Produced
or Imported
Stage One
Frontal Impact (No.94)
Side Impact (No.95)
Seat Belt & Seat Belt
Anchorages (No.14 & No.16)
2016 2018
Stage Two
Electronic Stability Control
(No. 13H or GTR No.8)
Pedestrian Protection
(No.127 or GTR No.9)
*or equivalent national standard
2018 2020

11. Thank You!