16 January 2026, Kajang, Malaysia – Following feedback from key stakeholders, the ASEAN NCAP Secretariat has updated several assessment and test protocols. The specific details of these revisions are outlined below. The fully revised protocols can be downloaded under the menu tab Our Test.

i) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol – Frontal Impact: Version 4.1 (From January 2026)

Section	Page	Amendment Description
1.2.6	11	Weight of high back booster seat (7kg) x 2
1.4.8	15	Weight of high back booster seat (7kg) x 2
3.1.2	25	Reference Version 3.3
3.1.3	26	High back booster seat and reference Version 3.3
4.1	35, 36	Q10 instrumentation only 16 channels
7.6 (Entire section)	60	CRS/booster cushion -> high back booster seat

ii) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol – Side Impact: Version 3.3 (From January 2026)

Section	Page	Amendment Description
1.2.5	7	Weight of Q10 36kg + weight of high back booster seat – 7 kg; weight of Q6 23kg + weight of high back booster seat – 7 kg
1.4.5	10
2.1	12	Q6 and Q10 – CRS type and position in the test vehicle
2.5.1.3	14	Temperature interval not exceeding 10 minutes
2.5.3.1	16, 17, 18	Dummy painting: location & tape size
4	25, 26, 27	Camera location diagram
6.3	38	ES-2 H-point
6.8	42	Reference sections corrected
6.9 (Entire section)	43	CRS/booster cushion -> high back booster seat
6.9.4.5	52	Reference sections corrected
6.10	53	Reference sections corrected

iii) ASEAN NCAP Assessment Protocol – Safety Assist: Version 3.2 (From January 2026)

Section	Page	Amendment Description
6.2	28, 29	Additional to target vehicle in the assessment – GVT, RMT and VT explained in the section
6.4	32	Scoring for CCRb has been updated. 𝑆𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = ((𝑉𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡−𝑉𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡)/𝑉𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡) × 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑
6.5	34	Scoring table example for CCRb has been updated. Refer to the image below for the updated table example for CCRb.

iv) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol – AEB Car to Car: Version 2.1 (From January 2026)

Section	Page	Amendment Description
2	4	Definition of Vehicle Target
5.1.2	9	GVT requirement and updated figure of vehicle target