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July 10, 2015

Press Release: Mitsubishi Triton Scored 4-Star

Kajang, 7 July 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian region (ASEAN NCAP) recently crash tested the new Mitsubishi Triton. The Mitsubishi Triton received a 4-Star result for its Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and achieved a 2-Star […]
July 7, 2015

“Affordable Safety” Concept Explained in Latest Star vs. Price Chart by ASEAN NCAP

“Making safer cars is relatively easy compared to ensuring people to buy safe cars,” said the ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General while meeting at his office on 3 July 2015. “A few years back and today still, pricing plays a major factor […]
July 1, 2015

Safety Assist Technology

Safety Assist Technology (SAT) comprises technologies that are designed for vehicles to avoid accidents from occurring and mitigate injury towards the passengers. Apart from crashworthiness performance of vehicles, safety assist has become an integral part in the rating assessment of […]
June 29, 2015

ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General Appointed as Chairman of Society of Automotive Engineers International, Malaysia

Putrajaya, 26 June 2015 – ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General, Mr. Khairil Anwar bin Abu Kassim, was last week appointed as Chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers International, Malaysia (SAE-M) during the society’s 13th annual general meeting. “Khairil has serviced the […]
June 27, 2015

Raising the Safety Bar for Cars

ASEAN NCAP’s Secretary-General was recently interviewed by Business Circle. During a five-minute job interview at the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) in 2008, Khairil Abu Kassim promised the then director-general, the late Prof Dr Radin Umar Sohadi, that […]
June 26, 2015

Child Restraint System Installation Assessment

Child safety seats or popularly referred to as child restraint system (CRS) are seats designed to provide protection to infants and children from injury or death in vehicle collisions. In many countries, car seats are legally required. The Malaysian government […]
June 25, 2015

Press Release: Suzuki S-Cross Scored 5-Star

Kajang, 25 June 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian region (ASEAN NCAP) recently crash tested the new sports utility vehicle (SUV) by Suzuki. The Suzuki S-Cross obtained a 5-Star result for its Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) […]
June 23, 2015

From the Desk of Secretary-General, ASEAN NCAP

Dear Vehicle Safety Fighter and Believer, We sincerely invite you to the ASEAN Automobile Safety Forum 2015/003 together with International Conference on Southeast Asia’s Decade of Action for Road Safety: Safer Vehicles. ASEAN Automobile Safety Forum (AASF) conferences have been […]
June 19, 2015

Launching of Child Car Seat Campaign

Putrajaya – The Road Transport Department (RTD) recently launched a campaign to promote the use of child car seat. The campaign is an advocacy programme for RTD to encourage the use of child car seat before making it mandatory supposedly […]
March 30, 2015

Asean NCAP Urges Government, Private Sectors To Work Together On Road Safety

KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 (Bernama) — The Asean New Car Assessment Programme (Asean NCAP), under the auspices of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros), has urged both the government and private sectors to work together to ensure enforcement […]
March 11, 2015

ASEAN NCAP Road Tour 2015 – “Selfie contest on Facebook” winners

ASEAN NCAP Facebook Selfie Contest has ended yesterday (10 March 2015) at 12:00 PM (Malaysia time), and that also marked the end of ASEAN NCAP Road Tour 2015 activities. Winners, with most LIKES: First prize – OPPO Find 7a smart […]
March 11, 2015

Global NCAP – Millions of New Cars Worldwide Fail UN Safety Standards

Global NCAP calls on motor manufacturers to democratize safety for all cars worldwide by 2020 Millions of new cars sold in middle and low income countries fail to meet the UN’s basic safety standards for front and side impacts revealed […]
March 11, 2015

ANCAP MEDIA RELEASE: Global NCAP calls for all new cars to meet basic universal standards

Australasian NCAP (ANCAP) Media Release: Tuesday 10 March 2015 Global NCAP calls for all new cars to meet basic universal standards for crash protection and crash avoidance International vehicle safety advocate, Global NCAP, has today issued a landmark report calling […]