ASEAN NCAP set to move on to routine crash testing

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An update on the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP). Back in May, the announcement of Phase III results saw the conclusion of the three-phase pilot project, which began in January 2013.

Following this, the agency – which operates under the aegis of the Malaysian Institure of Road Safety Research (Miros) – has now announced that it is moving towards its next stage as planned. According to its road map, the agency is set to operate like other NCAP organisations around the world, in which testing and the release of results are routinely carried out.

Bernama reports ASEAN NCAP secretary-general Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim as saying that the organisation would be fully operational next August and would carry out safety testing on new cars periodically. It was however not revealed how often testing would be carried out.

The three phases of pilot testing saw 30 vehicles, including variants of particular models, being evaluated. The first phase saw eight test results being announced in February last year, followed by Phase II test results for 11 vehicles coming about in August 2013. Phase III testing saw an additional 11 vehicles being rated.

Evaluation saw the cars being subjected to an offset frontal collision test, which involves striking a deformable barrier with an overlap of 40% at 64 km/h. In Phase III, a UN R95 side impact test was added, consisting of a mobile deformable barrier striking the side of each car at 50 km/h.

The tests were carried out at two laboratories – Miros’ Provisional Car Crash Centre in Malacca and the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan, the latter in Phase III testing. The JARI facility is an appointed ASEAN NCAP official test lab, and the programme’s first test lab outside the ASEAN region.

Read all about our ASEAN NCAP coverage, including Phase I, II and III test results, here.

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Comments

  • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 30, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    They should stop that side impact nonsense. It is a waste of money. Of which they probably have enough, because the only reason they are doing this charade can be that they are paid by some car companies.

    Either stop doing side impact tests, because it is deceiving customers (the standards by which this is tested are so low that EVERY car can pass), or doing it the proper way like EuroNCAP and ANCAP.

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    • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 30, 2014 at 6:52 pm

      They said they wanted to help car makers in the transition period towards safer cars. Make them not look so bad, in other words. Here’s a hint: As long as car makers are not punished they won’t make safer cars! There is no benefit to it. Punishment can come through laws, or through people not buying the car. Which can come through bad safety ratings.

      And btw., ASEAN NCAP clearly didn’t do this because of Proton, because Proton does well in side impacts on their newer cars. Unlike brand new cars recently launched by Toyota for example. Or Perodua.

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      • Vios you mean? You can’t even find a dent on it after being banged by a lorry. That’s awesome!!!!

        (Sam Lorrr shouldn’t understand this as sarcasm because he’s a complete retard.)

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        • Same L0rrr on Aug 01, 2014 at 11:20 am

          A lot of Vios drivers survive crash accident with lorry but you just don’t know it.

          Preve/Suprima S are the safest car because they are always in SHOWROOM/WAREHOUSE. You don’t even need to wear safety belt in the showroom, do you?

          (You show everyone your stupidity when you calling other retard)

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    • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 31, 2014 at 12:26 am

      Anyone care to share what is wrong with what I said? Currently the results are very misleading. Not having any benefit to the people. Designed to make cars look good that aren’t. A 2 airbag car can’t do good at side impacts (one with 6 does not have to do good).

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    • kudajawi on Jul 31, 2014 at 11:34 am

      Hopefully no more re-test second chance given to any cars (like Saga last time). Cheating in any forms must stop.

      Everybody must accept whatever result at once only, ok!

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  • kjtpop on Jul 30, 2014 at 7:37 pm

    People whacked Proton Preve despite it got 5 star Australian NCAP Safety Rating. Vios got how many? Before someone said about saga is the most popular Proton’s car, noone can buy Vios at 33K. And the upcoming GSC has more safety gadgets than those coffin Jap cars.

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    • Same L0rrr on Aug 01, 2014 at 11:26 am

      Comment after you see the real GSC. Don’t syok sendiri first.

      If not Proton, you think we can’t sell Vios at 33k. Toyota is making profit, not like Proton BEG here and there for money. We can even do promotion buy 2 free 1 if we like.

      Vios is 4 star because lack of VSC. And you sure Proton VSC will work? Proton can’t even make sure the power window works (thus life time warranty comes in place).

      Proton 5S Lifestyle
      1. Sendiri Cakap
      2. Sendiri Syok
      3. Sentiase Rosak
      4. Sale Carnivals
      5. Semakin Mahal

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      • Look at Thailand/Indon and other country, how they get Vios in 33K?

        Bring down Proton also help Toyota bring down competitor.

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  • transformer on Jul 30, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    does this MY-NCAP really on par to what EURO-NCAP are doing ? same practise ? same standard ?

    and when will this MIROS propose RECALL POLICY to our 53years parliament to regulate this ?
    i m still waiting CAR MANUFACTURER to recall their lemons parts, example VW DSG, Livina pale-ish headlight and many more(other manufacturer and other models)…..

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    • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 31, 2014 at 12:21 am

      For frontal impacts it should be the same. Side impacts, no. They crash it at the same speed, but the level of protection that is needed to pass is much lower. Let alone that ASEAN NCAP only knows pass or not pass for side impacts, and that it has no effect on the rating! It’s a farce, designed to protect Toyota, Honda and Perodua.

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      • Ok lets compare Australia NCAP ratings for the cars.
        Why did i take Australia NCAP ratings instead of ASEAN NCAP is due to Proton cars are included and they have ratings for side impact test and pole impact test as part of its ratings. Another note is they all come with 6 airbags as standard, ABS, ESP as standard so its a fair game unlike our Asean NCAP.
        All cars listed are C-segment cars.

        Mazda 3 2014: 36.4 (6 airbags)
        Golf 2013: 35.92 (7 airbags)
        Civic 2012: 35.91 (6 airbags)
        Hyundai i30: 35.69 (7 airbags)
        Cerato 2013: 35.51 (6 airbags)
        Altis 2014: 34.88 (7 airbags)
        Preve 2013: 34.25 (6 airbags)
        Suprima S 2013: 34.25 (6 airbags)
        Focus 2011-2014: 34.11(6 airbags)
        Lancer 2010: 33.56 (7 airbags)
        Elantra 2011: 33.21 (6 airbags)
        Sylphy 2013: 32.67 (6 airbags)

        I doubt the ASEAN results is done just to protect sushi cars here as shown in the results. Preve was 2nd highest score under ASEAN NCAP but when compared with Australia NCAP the results is quite a big difference. In fact most of the sushi cars had a higher safety rating.

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        • Annoy_namous on Jul 31, 2014 at 11:03 am

          Where Vios, City, Perodua? Haah… not even on the list? Hmmm…

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          • I mentioned C segment cars only. Most B segment cars are not available in Australia thus no ratings.
            Its only proper to compare a C-segment car like Preve with other C segments. At least the ratings would be fair even for Proton cars. If i put a Saga ratings up in comparison it would be a far cry to the results above. Do think about that hmmm..

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          • Afraid on Jul 31, 2014 at 1:25 pm

            Amen mentioned C segment cars only la. However since you brought it up compare Vios/City/Perodua from B segments, Vios and Perodua not available in Australia while City has a score of 33.49 while Saga has a total score of 19.96. Wow so you still wanna compare other B segments??

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        • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 31, 2014 at 1:18 pm

          IF Japanese cars sold in Malaysia had the same specifications as they had in Australia I’d agree. That’s not the case though. Look at the number of airbags on all of those cars. 6 or 7. In Malaysia they tend to come with 2.

          To put that into perspective: One of the US organizations that do crash tests (IIHS I believe) has tested 2 identical Toyota Prius. Same model. Only difference is one had 2 airbags, one had 6. When they tested side impacts they found that the 6 airbag version is perfectly safe and protected the passengers well. The 2 airbag version? Heavy to fatal injuries.

          However ASEAN NCAP suggests that it makes NO difference if the car has 2 or 6 airbags. And that is plain wrong, and outright criminal. While they say they do test side impacts, the result doesn’t influence the score. Car buyers who don’t look closely at how ASEAN NCAP rates cars will see side impact tested, 5 star rating, and believe the car is very safe.

          They stated that they wanted to soften the blow on car makers who haven’t yet upgraded to 6 airbags. I don’t want to soften the blow on car makers. It is 2014. All the cars, INCLUDING THE MYVI! are sold in other markets with 4-6 airbags. Why not in Malaysia?! There is no excuse. You know what happened when they didn’t soften the blow? Proton quickly turned the Saga into a 2 airbag car for all specs. Because they lost face, and probably sales when people saw how bad the 1 airbag version is. Interestingly enough the Almera received a 4 star rating (and no head injuries for the passenger) with only 1 airbag… which means either the part of the car the head of the passenger strikes is made of an airbag like material, or the passenger didn’t strike it at all. Did someone push the front seat all the way back? In real life passengers that do not sit so far in the back will not be so lucky, and suffer heavy or fatal head injuries.

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          • Same L0rrr on Aug 01, 2014 at 11:30 am

            Thanks to Proton, Malaysia is not a open and fair market.

            Any car maker just need to be less crappy than Proton will get sales.

            The NAP protects Proton? It protect its competitor also.

            Who rugi at the end? All MALAYSIANS!

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  • once they starts implementing side impact test…then only will consumer starts to aware about the important of side & curtain airbags.

    btw, do they test eps/stability controls in asia?

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    • typo..”esp”

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    • kadajawi (Member) on Jul 31, 2014 at 1:20 pm

      Oh they do side impact tests since Phase 3. And they make sure to mention in the result that side impacts were tested. However it does not influence the rating, so a 2 airbag car can achieve a 5 star rating, which would be impossible if they did actually look at the results of the side impact tests.

      ESP is required to achieve a 5 star rating, otherwise 4 stars is the maximum. However I haven’t heard that they test how effective the ESP actually is.

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