What Is NCAP?

NCAP

Ncap stands for (New Car Assessment Program), established to encourage automakers to build safer cars and consumers to buy them. Over time the agency improved by adding rating programs to the cars that are being tested by providing access to test results, and emend the information for customers to understand it easily.

How crash test is done?

At the NCAP test car is driven at a speed of 64km per hour headfirst into a deformable barrier which is parallel to the crash between two cars moving at the same speed. For India according to the new safety norms, The Indian government to sell cars must meet the front safety offset test which is conducted at a speed of 54km per hour w.r.t global NCAP speed which is 64km per hour, and side-impact crash test.

How does Ncap score cars?

Ncap scores cars on a 5-star scale, the higher the star rating safer the car. Rating is based on adult occupant protection and child occupant protection resulting from crash tests. At Global NCAP driver-side airbag is compulsory to qualify the crash test with one star, With time more requirements will be introduced too. 

Additional pints are given to the cars having seatbelt reminders, abs, child restraint system markings, provision of three-point seat belts, Isofix, etc.

Different NCAP Organizations are:

• United States New Car Assessment Program (U.S.NCAP)
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)
• Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP)
• Japan New Car Assessment Programme (JNCAP)
• European New Car Assessment Programme (EURO NCAP)
• Korean New Car Assessment Programme (KNACP)
• China – New Car Assessment Programme (C-NCAP)
• Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP)
• New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asia (ASEAN NCAP)
• Global New Car Assessment Programme ( GLOBAL NCAP)
• Green NCAP (operated by Euro NCAP for emissions) (GREEN NCAP)
• Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program (BNVSAP)