Michiel van Ratingen,Aled Williams,Anders Lie,Andre Seeck,Pierre Castaing,Reinhard Kolke,Guido Adriaenssens,Andrew Miller.[J].Chin J Traumatol,2016,19(2):63-69. [doi]
The European New Car Assessment Programme: A historical review
  
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KeyWord: European New Car Assessment ProgrammeVehicle safetySafety ratingCrash testing
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Michiel van Ratingen Euro NCAP, 2 Place du Luxembourg, 1050 Brussels, Belgium 
Aled Williams Euro NCAP, 2 Place du Luxembourg, 1050 Brussels, Belgium 
Anders Lie Swedish Traffic Administration, SE-781 89 Borlange, Sweden 
Andre Seeck Federal Highway Research Institute, Brüderstraße 53, D-51427 Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 
Pierre Castaing Group UTAC CERAM, Avenue Georges Boillot, 91310 Linas eMontlh ery, France 
Reinhard Kolke ADAC, Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 2, 86899 Landsberg am Lech, Germany 
Guido Adriaenssens International Consumer Research and Testing Ltd, 24 Highbury Crescent, London N5 1RX, United Kingdom 
Andrew Miller Thatcham Research, Colthrop Way, Thatcham, Berkshire RG19 4NR, United Kingdom 
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      Established in 1997, the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) provides consumers with a safety performance assessment for the majority of the most popular cars in Europe. Thanks to its rigorous crash tests, Euro NCAP has rapidly become an important driver safety improvement to new cars. After ten years of rating vehicles, Euro NCAP felt that a change was necessary to stay in tune with rapidly emerging driver assistance and crash avoidance systems and to respond to shifting priorities in road safety. A new overall rating system was introduced that combines the most important aspects of vehicle safety under a single star rating. The overall rating system has allowed Euro NCAP to continue to push for better fitment and higher performance for vehicles sold on the European market. In the coming years, the safety rating is expected to play an important role in the support of the roll-out of highly automated vehicles.
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