The initial crash test results of test phase 1 of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) were presented to the public on 4 February 1997. To date, a total of 13 test phases covering a very wide variety of vehicle categories have been published. During this time, around 200 vehicle models have been tested, each in at least three crash test configurations. The average number of rating stars over the years has increased from around 2 stars initially to up to 5 stars. Despite these clear successes, the test and evaluation procedure of Euro NCAP was heavily criticised right from the very start by many specialists. The procedure for assessment of the crash tests was thus considered to be worth improving since certain criteria in the Euro NCAP are defined subjectively and some of them cannot be assessed in reconstructable manner. Owing to the fact that, in particular, many criteria for the safety assessment are not very transparent or are even not transparent at all, this ignores an important mechanism of consumer protection. Besides directly informing consumers of safe and less safe vehicles, such an assessment procedure also has the task and the opportunity of influencing vehicle development so that better and safer vehicles are developed and sold in future, in line with the philosophy of the assessment procedure. This important influence on car development can, however, act only if the assessment procedure can be used as a development instrument by the car industry in a manner which is both reconstructable and forecastable. In respect of some criteria in Euro NCAP, this is still not the case today. In the meantime, Euro NCAP has decided to also assess the primary safety of vehicles. The test and evaluation methods are currently being developed. However, this also poses the question as to whether either only systems for which a clear increase in safety in accident-preventive action has been verified from the accident data should be assessed or whether new types of system should also be assessed, systems for which, admittedly, there is as yet no verification of the benefit in respect of real-world accidents but which are considered to be practical and helpful on a common-sense basis.
Euro NCAP Bewertung der aktiven und passiven Fahrzeugsicherheit - Auswirkungen auf die Sicherheitsentwicklung und die Gesetzgebung
Euro NCAP primary and secondary safety assessment-consequences for safety development and legislation
2004
15 Seiten, 5 Bilder
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Deutsch
Euro NCAP - Verbraucherinformationen zur passiven Fahrzeugsicherheit in Europa
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