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Plans for a Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program for India have been discussed, but as an interim, Global NCAP has been performing consumer crash tests on popular Indian models, as part of its Safer Cars for India research project. [5] Similarly, Global NCAP conducts crash tests in South Africa, under its Safer Cars for Africa project.
In the world, there are nine New Car Assessment Programs. [2] Eight out of the nine test programs makes their vehicle safety ratings with a count of stars included in the range (1 to 5 stars). One test program, IIHS, makes a four level rating: Good, Acceptable, Marginal and Poor. [3]
TNCAP uses the following test dummies from Humanetics for their crash tests: Hybrid III — 50th Percentile Male (H3-50M) as the adult driver, front seat or rear seat passenger; Q10 Child dummy, simulating a 10-year-old child and used as a rear seat passenger; Q6 Child dummy, simulating a 6-year-old child and used in a car seat at the rear seat
List of FMCSA standards for motor vehicles Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine "Timeline of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Year and Notable Technologies" (PDF). National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-06-24
The 2023 Lincoln Aviator ranked with the Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class and Volvo XC60 with a "good" rating on crash safety for back seat passengers, according to a study from the Insurance Institute of ...
Euro NCAP publish 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 impacts, and impacts with pedestrians. Testing is not mandatory, with vehicle models either being independently chosen by Euro NCAP or sponsored by the manufacturers. [11]
Informed for LIFE is a Connecticut non-profit organization that provides "a free, public service to guide consumers on the use of vehicle crash test and fatality data". Informed For Life's website was launched in 2003 by Michael D. Dulberger, a retired aerospace engineer, to help consumers identify the safest vehicles to avoid unnecessary loss ...
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