Category: News

  • United Nations Report – Improving global road safety

    UN Report that mentioned ASEAN NCAP & Melaka Declaration as important milestones in the UN Decade of Action’s Safer Vehicle Pillar. Download here. Summary: The present report, prepared by the World Health Organization in cooperation with the United Nations regional commissions and in consultation with other partners of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration, provides…

  • ANCAP: Mazda 3 scores 5 stars – advanced safety still optional

    Latest from Australasian NCAP (ANCAP): Mazda 3 scores 5 stars: advanced safety still optional ANCAP today announced a maximum 5 star safety rating for the new Mazda 3 sedan and hatch. Launched in Australia last week, the new Mazda 3 again scored ANCAP’s highest safety rating – a rating also held by its predecessor. It…

  • Latest on Phase III Results Release: Move to “Plan B” but venue yet to confirm

    Dear all ASEAN car safety supporters, Here is the latest announcement on Phase III Results Release by ASEAN NCAP Secretariat and the event’s Organizing Committee: “The event in March will be postponed by about a month from the original dates including a change in the meeting venue (Plan B is back to Malaysia). The tentative…

  • Press Release: MRAN-20140203-0006

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday – February 03,2014 ASEAN NCAP 2014: The journey continues.. The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) continues its mission to elevate safety level of cars in ASEAN. The following are important notes on ASEAN NCAP current activities: Phase III of ASEAN NCAP The pilot project of ASEAN…

  • Crash tests show India’s cars are unsafe

    The first-ever independent crash tests of some of India’s popular and important small cars have shown a high-risk of life threatening injuries in road crashes. All the cars selected by Global NCAP for testing in a frontal impact at 64km/h received zero-star adult protection ratings. See more here (click). Also, visit our Facebook page for more links…

  • IIHS: Minicars fall short for small overlap frontal protection

    Only 1 minicar out of 11 tested achieves an acceptable rating in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s small overlap front crash test, making these tiny vehicles the worst performing group of any evaluated so far. More: http://goo.gl/Oek2jY

  • Global NCAP to publish results of India’s first independent crash tests

    Independent consumer crash test results for some of India’s popular and important small cars will be presented for the first time on Friday 31 January by Global NCAP and the Institute of Road Traffic Education at a conference in Delhi. More: http://goo.gl/vIVv96

  • 6th Manufacturer Meeting in Bangkok A Success

    The inaugural ASEAN NCAP Manufacturer Meeting outside Malaysia had successfully organized in Thailand, despite the current political situation in the capital city, Bangkok. The event was co-organized by the faculty members of The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (known as TGGS) of King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, on 14th of January…

  • Press Release – ASEAN NCAP Second Open Day (29th of August 2013)

    The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) will organize its second Open Day in 2013 to mark the end of the second phase which began in May and ended in early this month. As announced earlier, cars for the second phase were tested at two labs – MIROS very own crash…

  • ASEAN NCAP Open Day – 29th of August 2013

    Again, it is with great pleasure that we are inviting you to the second ASEAN NCAP Open Day, which will also include the release of ASEAN NCAP Phase 2 test results. The details are as follows: Location: MIROS Headquarters, Taman Kajang Sentral, 43000 Kajang (Visit MIROS website for location guide http://www.miros.gov.my/web/guest/information) Event tentative: 0930 HRS…