{"id":12911,"date":"2026-01-18T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aseancap.org\/v4\/?p=12911"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:50:35","slug":"new-updates-in-asean-ncap-2026-2030-assessment-and-test-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aseancap.org\/v4\/2026\/01\/18\/new-updates-in-asean-ncap-2026-2030-assessment-and-test-protocols\/","title":{"rendered":"New Updates in ASEAN NCAP 2026\u20132030 Assessment and Test Protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

16 January 2026, Kajang, Malaysia<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol \u2013 Frontal Impact: Version 4.1 (From January 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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ii) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol \u2013<\/strong><\/strong> Side Impact: Version 3.3 (From January 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section<\/strong><\/td>Page<\/strong><\/td>Amendment Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
1.2.5<\/td>7<\/td>Weight of Q10 36kg + weight of high back booster seat \u2013 7 kg; weight of Q6 23kg + weight of high back booster seat \u2013 7 kg<\/td><\/tr>
1.4.5<\/td>10<\/td><\/tr>
2.1<\/td>12<\/td>Q6 and Q10 \u2013 CRS type and position in the test vehicle<\/td><\/tr>
2.5.1.3<\/td>14<\/td>Temperature interval not exceeding 10 minutes<\/td><\/tr>
2.5.3.1<\/td>16, 17, 18<\/td>Dummy painting: location & tape size<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>25, 26, 27<\/td>Camera location diagram<\/td><\/tr>
6.3<\/td>38<\/td>ES-2 H-point<\/td><\/tr>
6.8<\/td>42<\/td>Reference sections corrected<\/td><\/tr>
6.9
(Entire section)<\/td>		43<\/td>CRS\/booster cushion -> high back booster seat<\/td><\/tr>
6.9.4.5<\/td>52<\/td>Reference sections corrected<\/td><\/tr>
6.10<\/td>53<\/td>Reference sections corrected<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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iii) ASEAN NCAP Assessment Protocol \u2013<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> Safety Assist: Version 3.2 (From January 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section<\/strong><\/td>Page<\/strong><\/td>Amendment Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
6.2<\/td>28, 29<\/td>Additional to target vehicle in the assessment \u2013 GVT, RMT and VT explained in the section<\/td><\/tr>
6.4<\/td>32<\/td>Scoring for CCRb has been updated. \ud835\udc46\ud835\udc50\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc5f\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc61<\/sub> <\/sub>\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc5d\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc51<\/sub> = ((\ud835\udc49\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc61<\/sub>\u2212\ud835\udc49\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc5a\ud835\udc5d\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc50\ud835\udc61<\/sub>)\/\ud835\udc49\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc61<\/sub>) \u00d7 \ud835\udc5d\ud835\udc5c\ud835\udc56\ud835\udc5b\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc61\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc61<\/sub> <\/sub>\ud835\udc60\ud835\udc5d\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc51<\/sub><\/td><\/tr>
6.5<\/td>34<\/td>Scoring table example for CCRb has been updated. Refer to the image below for the updated table example for CCRb.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Section 6.5: Scoring example for CCRb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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iv) ASEAN NCAP Test Protocol \u2013<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> AEB Car to Car: Version 2.1 (From January 2026)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section<\/strong><\/td>Page<\/strong><\/td>Amendment Description<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>4<\/td>Definition of Vehicle Target<\/td><\/tr>
5.1.2<\/td>9<\/td>GVT requirement and updated figure of vehicle target<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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16 January 2026, Kajang, Malaysia \u2013 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 \u2013 Frontal Impact: Version 4.1 (From […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":"","carbon_fields":{"tabs":[{"_type":"_","tab_title":"Specifications","tab_content":"\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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