Marking the third anniversary of the United Nations’ Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) will host the 2014 Global NCAP Forum in Melbourne on Monday, 5 May 2014.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP and Latin NCAP organised for the first time a Press Day at ADAC Laboratory (German Automobile Club) at Landsberg, Germany.
Read MoreThe UN General Assembly has adopted a new resolution on road safety that calls on Member States to implement new car assessment programmes (NCAPs) in “all regions of the world in order to improve availability of consumer information about the safety performance of motor vehicles”.
Read MoreThe potential of crash avoidance systems to reduce pedestrian deaths has been highlighted by Global NCAP at the United Nations in New York.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP has called on the automobile industry to stop making cars that fail to meet the minimum United Nations safety standards.
Read MoreAt Global NCAP’s first Emerging Market Automobile Safety Conference, held this year in Delhi, experts from around the world gathered to examine and discuss the contribution of vehicle safety to the UN’s Decade of Action for Road Safety.
Read MoreA report on an influential auto industry news site, AutomotiveWorld, has highlighted Nissan’s position on vehicle safety standards for emerging markets.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP’s chairman, Max Mosley, has written a letter to Nissan Executive Vice President Andy Palmer.
Read MoreIn response to criticism by Nissan Executive Vice President Andy Palmer in Autocar, David Ward, Secretary General of Global NCAP has made the following statement.
Read MoreThe Economist has joined the discussion of vehicle safety standards in emerging markets.
Read MoreThe first-ever independent crash tests of some of India’s popular and important small cars have shown a high-risk of life threatening injuries in road crashes.
Read MoreIndependent consumer crash test results for some of India’s popular and important small cars will be presented for the first time on Friday 31 January by Global NCAP and the Institute of Road Traffic Education at a conference in Delhi.
Read MoreThe Volkswagen up! (manufactured in Brazil) has joined Latin NCAP’s growing club of ‘five star’ models having achieved the maximum possible rating of five stars in adult occupant safety and the highest rating in child occupant safety of four stars.
Read MoreNew crash test results released by Latin NCAP show locally produced cars are starting to offer consumers good crash protection.
Read MoreThe UN Secretary-General’s latest report on road safety for the General Assembly has highlighted the growing role of Global NCAP and the need for more comprehensive safety legislation.
Read MoreMany Best-Selling Global Brands Continue To Provide Sub-Standard Safety Protection.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP chairman Max Mosley has urged the CEOs at Renault-Nissan, General Motors and Suzuki to apply the UN’s minimum crash safety standards to their global passenger car production.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP has written to the CEOs of all the global vehicle manufacturers, asking them to consider a voluntary commitment to improve minimum safety standards in cars sold worldwide.
Read MoreGlobal NCAP’s Annual Meeting took place in Seoul, Korea on May 30. The meeting brought together all NCAPs active worldwide to share experience in promoting consumer information about automobile crash avoidance and protection.
Read MoreEfforts to encourage car makers to offer better safety to consumers in emerging markets are gathering momentum.
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