ANCAP Increases Safety Rating Criteria for 2023: What’s New?

ANCAP says cars are safer than even 5 years ago, and that it is due in part to the safety testing of new cars. The last change was in 2020, and the next starts in the new year.

“Our 2023 requirements build upon our existing criteria to promote further vehicle safety improvements and address some of the ongoing challenges on our roads,” said ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, Carla Hoorweg.

From January 2023, ANCAP and Euro NCAP will include a car’s ability to avoid a motorcyclist, the ability to reverse brake if a child is detected behind a car, and how easy a car is to get out of should it become submerged.

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Many cars already have reverse cross traffic detection, in fact, many new cars already pass most of the new test criteria. Some existing criteria will be enhanced with the following changes:

a heighted focus on vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility (introducing a potential 8.00 point penalty compared with the current 4.00 point penalty);
a 10 per cent increase to the star rating thresholds for Vulnerable Road User Protection;
the assessment of direct driver monitoring systems to manage driver inattention and fatigue; and
an expansion of autonomous emergency braking test scenarios to include additional night-time tests and child pedestrian avoidance tests when a vehicle is in reverse.

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“Vehicles, and the safety technologies within them, are continuing to evolve, and our test criteria are too,” Ms Hoorweg said.

“Physical protection in a crash, and the ability to actively avoid a crash are both essential elements to achieve a high ANCAP safety rating, and this approach will continue from 2023.”

Vehicle makers say that any new changes add cost, yet in many cases are already ahead of changes.

As the majority of new vehicles sold are SUVs, it is easy to say how reverse automatic braking can benefit families, but for many years little was done to help cyclists. One of the new tests will be how well a vehicle will detect and approaching cyclist, for example one on a bike lane. Can the system see the cyclist? Will it prevent car doors from being opened?

“ANCAP safety ratings are designed to ensure new car buyers and the road users they interact with are offered the safest vehicles and newest technologies. We encourage all vehicle purchasers to choose a vehicle with the highest ANCAP safety rating possible and the latest datestamp. It could save your life, or the lives of those closest to you,” said Ms Hoorweg.

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