EuroNCAP
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EuroNCAP, the European New Car Assessment Programme, is a safety assessment programme for automobiles supported by several European governments, many major manufacturers and motoring organisations across the world.
EuroNCAP publishes safety reports on new cars and awards 'star ratings' based on the performance of the vehicles in a variety of crash tests, including front, side and pole (side) impacts, and impacts with pedestrians.
The front impact test is conducted at 64km/h (40mph) into an offset deformable barrier. The barrier overlaps 40 percent of the front of the test car in order to replicate an impact with another vehicle. The side impact test at 50km/h (30mph) is a perpendicular impact where a deformable barrier mounted on the front of a crash trolley is propelled into the side of the test vehicle. The pole test at 29km/h (18mph) is an optional test designed to assess the performance of a head-protection device (such as a head curtain airbag) in a situation where a vehicle leaves the road and collides side-on with a narrow rigid object such as a tree or telegraph pole. The pedestrian tests are designed to replicate the impact of the test vehicle with a pedestrian (both adult and child) at 40km/h (25mph).
See also
- Transport Research Laboratory
- Car classification
- Car safety
- Road safety
- headlights
- automotive lighting
- United Nations World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations
- NHTSA