News & Press Releases

Kajang, 28 March 2016 - The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) will organise the 4th ASEAN Automobile Safety Forum (AASF) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from 30 to 31 May 2016.  The theme of the event will be ‘Improving Safety Beyond Ratings’, one of the six strategi

Kajang, 26 February 2016 - ASEAN NCAP Rating Roadmap 2017-2020 was announced at the ASEAN Automobile Safety Forum (AASF) 2015/003 held in Bandung, Indonesia from 20th to 22nd September 2015. The new rating aims to encourage more cars with best safety practices in the region. It consists of three dom

Kajang, 12 February 2016 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) recently performed several crash tests on popular models in the ASEAN region. The results for ASEAN NCAP crash tests were announced during SAFE STEPS Road Safety Pre-Launch Dinner held in Kuala Lumpu

Kajang, 17 November 2015 – ASEAN NCAP Child Safety Day was held on 11 November 2015 at Autoliv Hirotakao Sdn. Bhd. in Seri Kembangan by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Countries (ASEAN NCAP). The Director-General of Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS), Prof. Dr. Wong Sha

Kajang, 11 November 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) today organized ASEAN NCAP Child Safety Day on 11 November 2015. It was held at Autoliv Hirotako Safety Sdn. Bhd. in Seri Kembangan. The event was held with the objective of promoting child safety wh

Kajang, 9 November 2015 – During ASEAN Automobile Safety Forum 2015/003 held in Bandung last September 2015, ASEAN NCAP has finalised the updates of its current protocols and new guidelines as follows. These updates can be retrieved from the Download page. ASEAN NCAP Frontal Impact Testing Protocol

Sydney, 23 October 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) continues its journey by introducing its first official crash test at Crashlab in Sydney, Australia. This is the fourth lab after MIROS PC3 (Malaysia), JARI (Japan) and KATRI (Korea). Cashlab conventi

Kajang, 22 October 2015 - Following the recent updates on the exclusion of top tether by PROTON Holdings Berhad ("PROTON") in one of its tested models by ASEAN NCAP, PROTON had announced their regrets for the miscommunication with ASEAN NCAP on the top tether matter. PROTON declared they had overloo

Kajang, 16 October 2015 – Child occupant safety inside a vehicle is one of the most concerned topics discussed recently. There have been incidents whereby a child could have been saved if he/she was properly restrained. Even the vehicle itself plays a significant role in providing protection to the

Kajang, 13 October 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) today announces that they have received complaints from consumer on violation of safety specification in one of their tested vehicles. It is said that a top tether fitment has been removed from the lo

Bandung, 21 September 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) had performed a series of crash tests recently especially on models that are produced for the Indonesian market. The tests were conducted to target the Indonesian consumers in conjunction with the

Do you own a car? How is your experience when buying a car? Is it simple? High chances are majority will not agree. After completing 43 ratings up to date, it is more important than ever for ASEAN NCAP to educate consumers on how to buy these safe cars. Which car is your preference? ASEAN NCAP has t