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Proposed new car assessment program in India
The Bharat New Car Assessment Program, usually known as the Bharat NCAP, is the official New Car Assessment Program for India. Cars sold in the country will be assigned by star ratings based on their safety performance. It was implemented in phases, according to the plans drawn up by the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project. It is the 10th NCAP in the world and was set up by the government of India.[1]
The program was expected to begin mid-2014, but postponed to start from 2017. It was later scrapped until finally launching in August 2023. [2] Within two years of implementation, new cars sold in India will need to comply with voluntary star ratings based on crash safety performance tests. Critical safety features such as airbags, ABS, and seat belt reminders will become standard in cars sold in India resulting from rankings and mandatory crash testing. Offset front crash, side, and rear impact tests. Cars will gradually have to meet more stringent norms such as pedestrian protection, whiplash injury and child restraint systems standards and requirements.
Rank by vehicle sales in 2017[3]
Country
Estimated road traffic death rate per 100,000 population, 2018[4]
1
China
18.2
2
United States
12.4
3
Japan
4.1
4
India
22.6
5
Germany
4.1
6
United Kingdom
3.1
7
France
5.5
8
Brazil
19.7
9
Italy
5.6
10
Canada
5.8
The number of deaths due to road accidents in India is around three to four times that of European countries like France, Germany and Spain.[5] The Indian automotive safety standards have been criticised as being insufficient and ineffective. India has the world's sixth-largest car market, but is still the only country among the global top ten car markets without a testing program that measures the safety of vehicles.[6] It is estimated that vehicles in India will cost 8–15% more resulting from compliance with these norms. However, harmonizing India's vehicle safety standards with global standards is expected to help automakers export locally produced cars globally
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