Busy week in Munich launching a new advocacy event platform for road safety.
Proving the #NCAP24 social enterprise concept was always going to be conditional on bringing together great collaborators, strong partners and an informed, engaged and engaging audience - a global community deeply committed to the future of safer vehicles and safer journeys.
So massive thanks are due to our spectacular organising team and the 423 participants from 32 countries worldwide who helped make our advocacy ambition an impactful reality.
Fantastic start. Looking forward to #NCAP25.
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Or we hear Munich for Global and CAP 24 to bring together all of the 12 end caps that operate around the world together with other stakeholders to support partnerships that can really push forward with vehicle safety. Rd. Safety is an eminently multi sectoral issue that touches you know, governments, civil society, the car industry, many, many parts of society have a role to play and so nobody can address it alone. It's only together that. We can achieve it and and today we are end Cap 24 to see how we can achieve more results faster. Bringing all this together here makes it possible for us to discuss where we at and where do we need to go in the future and how do we get there. We think the transformation of vehicles which we have to face in the next years will only be managed if we have partnerships globally. We have a particular focus on G20 in terms of vehicle safety because we know that the G20 countries alone account for more than 56% of all global Rd. fatalities. That's over 700,000 lives lost in G20 countries alone. And that's why it's such a huge focus for us and where we sort of see vehicle safety being able to make the biggest difference, We get to learn what's the state-of-the-art for the end caps, what's the state-of-the-art for the manufacturers. And the providers of the technology and how can we enhance the situation of the penetration of technologies in a region in our markets. And at Encap 24 or we are showcasing these technologies and encouraging countries and regulators around the world to consider deploying these life saving solutions as soon as possible. But there are many end caps here at 24 and it's very important that we talk to each other and learn from each other to actually improve the protocols that we work with. I touched that we apply going forward and the requirements that we asked the pickle manufacturers to meet. Far too many people are still killed, about 1.3 million people killed every year on the roads. Many of those crashes are avoidable preventable, especially with safer vehicles, both for occupants and also for vulnerable road users.
Global NCAP today presented Tata Motors with their Safer Choice Award for the Tata Safari and Harrier - an accolade only available to automakers committing to the highest levels of safety performance for cars sold in India.
Last year the Tata Safari and Harrier achieved a five star Global NCAP rating for adult and child occupant protection with the highest score in Global NCAP’s #SaferCarsForIndia campaign.
Tata Motors has since submitted the Safari and Harrier for further Safer Choice conformity tests, with the models meeting performance and volume requirements for Autonomous Emergency Breaking (AEB), speed assistance and Blind Spot Detection (BSD) systems.
David Ward, President of the Towards Zero Foundation said,
“Tata Motors’ continuing commitment to vehicle safety is very welcome and we are pleased to present the first of our new Safer Choice Awards to them for the Safari and Harrier.
“Encouraging automakers to achieve ever higher levels of protection, for occupants as well as more vulnerable road users, is at the heart of Global NCAP’s safety mission. We are grateful for the ongoing support and leadership Tata Motors has demonstrated on their road safety journey.”
mohan savarkar, Vice President and Chief Product Officer, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited said,
“We are proud to have received the Global NCAP Safer Choice Award for our flagship SUVs, the Tata Safari and Tata Harrier. We have continued to be the pioneers in driving the safety conversation – ensuring that our commitment reflects in every vehicle we manufacture, regardless of price point. With this mission at the forefront, not only is our entire portfolio the highest star rated in their respective segment, but we have gone a step further by having the only SUV line-up in India which is completely 5-star rated, setting a benchmark for the passenger vehicles industry to follow. With this approach, we have ensured that safety now ranks as the top priority for the Indian car buyer.
‘’This recognition today, underscores our unwavering commitment to safety and innovation, ensuring that our customers experience not only comfort and performance, but also the highest standards of safety. We are thankful to the entire Global NCAP team for supporting us in full strength as we continue to make safer cars for India.”
Full story here: https://bit.ly/4dMT1Et
One and two star disappointment in latest African crash tests
Global NCAP’s new #SaferCarsForAfrica crash results reveal a disappointing two star occupant safety rating for each of the models tested - the Kia Pegas, Renault Triber and the Maruti Suzuki Ertiga.
Alejandro Furas, Global NCAP Secretary General said,
“We are disappointed to see global brands like Renault, Kia and Maruti Suzuki offer such a low safety performance in markets like South Africa whilst achieving much higher levels of protection in many other global markets. Don’t African consumers deserve the same level of safety?”
David Ward, Executive President of the Towards Zero Foundation said,
“The double standard on safety in low and middle income economies must come to an end. Manufacturers know how to build safer cars for adult and child occupants as well as for vulnerable road users. Highlighting this disparity and democratising vehicle safety in Africa is a Global NCAP priority.”
Sikkie Kajee, Chairman of the The Automobile Association of South Africa said,
“We remain concerned at the low ratings received from the manufacturers, but we are confident they will use these results to improve their safety moving forward. Issues with double-standards persist in relation to vehicles made for Africa but, again, we are assured these matters are being addressed and are confident that in the future, we will see less discrepancies than what we currently do.”
Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3Wum4oQ
“Global NCAP has made a major impact in India by educating the consumer on vehicle safety and it has been a cornerstone in establishing Bharat NCAP.
“Looking back to 2010, India did not even have airbags in most cars. It only took 10 years to implement legislation for airbags and technologies such as #ABS and #ESC in India. It took almost 25 years in Europe.
“Thank you Global NCAP for helping India to get safer vehicles on the roads.”
Girikumar Kumaresh, Bosch India at #NCAP24.
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“Speed is a critical factor in most crashes. Speed Assistance is a technology which can help drivers respect the speed limit. A vital contribution to road safety.
“We need a partnership with all the stakeholders, the manufacturers, authorities, working together to encourage this technology, to help contribute to reducing deaths on the road.”
David Ward from the Towards Zero Foundation and Yoni Epstein from Mobileye explain the importance of this technology and the role of the new ISA Partnership.
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4moFor the first ever version of this event the attendance was super impressive!