Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program
The Bharat New Vehicle Safety Assessment Program (BNVSAP) is a proposed New Car Assessment Program for India. Cars sold in the country will be assigned by star ratings based on their safety performance. It will be implemented in phases, according to the plans being drawn up by the National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project.
It is the 10th NCAP in the world and is being set up by the Government of India.[1]
The program is expected to begin mid-2014, but expected to start from 2018. (Because of delay in setting up labs and other facilities)[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 will be required by 2017. Cars will gradually have to meet more stringent norms such as pedestrian protection, whiplash injury and child restraint systems standards and requirements.
India has a high number of deaths due to road accidents, and 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 proper new car safety regulation or testing programs.[3] 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.
Protocol The current protocol for testing is very much designed based on the Indian conditions. It is proposed that this BNVSAP would start the official testing from Oct 2017 onwards. The car testing is divided into many parameters by ARAI. 1) Frontal Offset Testing [56km/hr proposed] 2) Side Impact testing 3) Pedestrian protection testing 4) Rear Impact testing 5) Child dummy dynamic crash testing
Points would be awarded to the car based on the safety features in the car like ABS, Seat belt reminders , child lock , Electronic Stability Control etc.
Since 2006, India has been having more road deaths per year than any other nation, with 230,000 dying annually.[4]
Bharat NCAP will crash cars at 56km/h rather than 65km/h.[5]
India will have 3 crash test facilities by the end of 2016.[6]
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- ↑ "Cars set to get safer: Govt draws strict crash test norms forcing architectural changes in models". The Economic Times. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Indian small cars fail independent crash tests". NDTV. January 31, 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
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