Established in the early 1990s as just the second New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in the world after the United States, ANCAP SAFETY and its star ratings have become synonymous among Australian and New Zealand new car buyers, vehicle manufacturers and fleet operators as the independent and trusted voice on vehicle safety.
Image: ANCAP read more ... Taking stock of the past 30 years of independent vehicle safety testing, ANCAP reflects on the vehicle models first rated when testing began in 1993. To reflect on the vast safety improvements made by vehicle manufacturers over the past 30 years, to commemorate ANCAP's 30th Anniversary, ANCAP put a 1993 model Mitsubishi Magna (offering safety features and performance representative of most models available in Australia at that time) to the test.
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read more ... Buying a safe second-hand car just became easier with the release of the latest Used Car Safety Ratings Guide by Transport for NSW and its partners. Secretary of Transport for NSW Josh Murray said the 2023 Used Car Safety Ratings guide rates 388 vehicles manufactured since the year 2000.
read more ... ANCAP and Euro NCAP have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will cement the strong ties already in place between the two regional safety organisations and pave the way for closer collaboration in the future.
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read more ... They will be back in Hanau on 12 and 13 December: the experts at Euro NCAP who ensure that everything possible is done on the vehicle side to increase road safety.
read more ... The Australian Government has made changes to the national road vehicle standards to facilitate the supply of safer trucks in Australia, to help reduce road trauma while bolstering freight productivity. It is estimated the changes will provide a net benefit of over AUD 500 million to the Australian economy. The Safer Freight Vehicles package includes an increase to the overall width limit from 2.50 to 2.55 metres for new trucks that are fitted with a number of safety features.
read more ... The Australian Government has once again solidified its commitment to boost the safety of new vehicles offered to Australian consumers, committing to fund the vital ANCAP safety rating program for a further five years. Assistant Minster for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator Carol Brown confirmed the Government's commitment during ANCAP's 30th Anniversary commemorative celebrations in Sydney.
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read more ... Updated safety ratings
(ANCAP, UCSR and VSRR) for most cars and other light vehicles in New Zealand have been published on the Rightcar website from 1 December 2023 to help Kiwis (New Zealander) make safer choices when purchasing vehicles.
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read more ... The truck emergency brake assistant has been mandatory in the EU since 2018 and in Australia since 2023. But despite mandatory equipment, serious accidents at the end of traffic jams still occur. What is the technical background to this? Can the driver's behavior unintentionally impair the effectiveness of the assistants? DEKRA investigated these questions for the Road Safety Report 2023 "Technology and People".
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read more ... Australia's states and territories will publish AusRAP star ratings on all arterial roads by 2025, as part of a commitment to accelerate the use of AusRAP. The Austroads members approved a new AusRAP Strategy and Business Plan that commits to 12 targets that will support the national target of at least 80 % of travel on 3-star or better roads by 2030.
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read more ... Early data on activities that will be unsafe to undertake in automated vehicles has been released. From doing work to watching the world, from social media to resting - preliminary results are in. Research led by RMIT University looked at what happens if a driver is suddenly required to take control of an automated vehicle, such as in an emergency.
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read more ... Road fatalities have been climbing across Australia and the United States in recent years - an alarming trend we all want to turn back into the right direction. Given risk-taking while driving is a factor in serious-injury crashes, Transurban's new research, the 2023 Transurban Insights: Road Safety report digs into the kinds of risks some drivers are taking.
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read more ... Initial results of Australia's first program to test vehicle real-world performance show the cars tested use up to 13 per cent more fuel on the road than they did in laboratory tests reported by manufacturers.
Three of the vehicles tested released levels of pollutants that exceed relevant Australian regulatory laboratory limits. The findings come from the recently launched Real-World Testing Program.
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read more ... The Transport Accident Commission’s Annual Report was tabled in State Parliament, showing a record level of support for people impacted by road trauma in Victoria. In the 2022-2023 financial year, the TAC funded AUD 1.63 billion in support and benefits to help more than 45,000 people get their lives back on track after an accident on Victorian roads - compared with AUD 1.54 billion in 2021-22.
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read more ... On 5 December 2023 CAE specialist TECOSIM and benchmarking expert A2MAC1 are offering a joint webinar on the topic of "Digital Twin for Crash". The webinar starts at 5 pm CET (UTC +1) and ends after a Q&A session at around 6 pm. Register free of charge now.
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