Vehicle safety is global - Global NCAP
Vehicle safety is global - Global NCAP
Vehicle safety is global - Global NCAP
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Michael Bloomberg at the launch of the Decade of Action<br />
Promoting Safer Cars Worldwide<br />
Over the next 10 years the number of passenger vehicles on the planet<br />
<strong>is</strong> expected to double. Most of that growth <strong>is</strong> taking place in emerging<br />
markets, where the road <strong>safety</strong> challenge <strong>is</strong> greatest. For the first time<br />
last year sales of passenger vehicles in those countries exceeded those<br />
in mature economies.<br />
The <strong>Global</strong> New Car Assessment Programme (<strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong>) <strong>is</strong> a new<br />
nonprofit organization reg<strong>is</strong>tered in the United Kingdom that aims to<br />
meet th<strong>is</strong> challenge by encouraging the worldwide availability of independent<br />
consumer information about the <strong>safety</strong> of motor vehicles.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> has been establ<strong>is</strong>hed to support the goals of the UN<br />
Decade of Action for Road Safety, which aims to cut in half the<br />
predicted increase in road fatalities by 2020. New car assessment<br />
programs have proved very effective in creating a market for <strong>safety</strong> that<br />
encourages car purchasers to choose safer products, and the UN plan<br />
encourages their establ<strong>is</strong>hment throughout the world.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> promotes the development of <strong>NCAP</strong>s and similar organizations<br />
worldwide and encourages best practices in the use of consumer<br />
information to promote road <strong>safety</strong>. The organization has adopted the<br />
following m<strong>is</strong>sion statement:<br />
• <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> aims to support the development of new consumer<br />
crash test programs in emerging markets, where vehicle growth <strong>is</strong><br />
strong but independent consumer information on crashworthiness<br />
<strong>is</strong> frequently not readily available. To achieve th<strong>is</strong>, <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong><br />
will offer support to new car assessment programs in emerging<br />
economies and regions by offering technical support guidance and<br />
quality assurance.<br />
• <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> will also provide a platform for cooperation for <strong>NCAP</strong>s<br />
and similar organizations around the world to share best practices, to<br />
further exchange information, and to promote the use of consumer<br />
information to encourage the manufacture of safer cars across the<br />
<strong>global</strong> automotive market.<br />
• <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> will carry out research on innovations in vehicle <strong>safety</strong><br />
technologies, their application in <strong>global</strong> markets, and the range of<br />
policies that will accelerate their use and will monitor the progress of<br />
vehicle <strong>safety</strong> across the globe.<br />
• <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> will also develop a <strong>global</strong> awards scheme to recognize<br />
achievement in vehicle <strong>safety</strong>, innovation in <strong>safety</strong>-related technologies,<br />
and products.<br />
In line with th<strong>is</strong> m<strong>is</strong>sion statement, <strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> in 2011 will be<br />
supporting the work of Latin <strong>NCAP</strong> and seeking cooperation with<br />
establ<strong>is</strong>hed vehicle <strong>safety</strong> organizations around the world.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> <strong>is</strong> governed by a board of trustees, chaired by Max<br />
Mosley, former president of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile<br />
(FIA) and past chairman of the European New Car Assessment<br />
Programme. Other trustees include Guido Adriaenssens, of International<br />
Consumer Research & Testing; Lauchlan McIntosh, chairman of the<br />
Australasian New Car Assessment Program; Claes Tingvall, former<br />
chairman of the European New Car Assessment Programme; and David<br />
Ward, of the FIA Foundation.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> <strong>NCAP</strong> <strong>is</strong> pleased to acknowledge grant support from the<br />
FIA Foundation.