Crash Test Norms

Her name is SET 50F and she's the world's first female crash test dummy, designed by a Swedish engineer to help make sure women are better protected in cars.

ग्लोबल सेफ्टी वॉचडॉग ने अमेरिका और मैक्सिको में बेची जाने वाली सबसे सस्ती ह्यून्दे सेडान का फ्रंट ऑफ-सेट टक्कर में परीक्षण किया.

सड़क परिवहन मंत्रालय ने एक नई सुरक्षा रेटिंग प्रणाली स्थापित करने की अपनी योजना को रेखांकित करते हुए 197 पन्नों का मसौदा तैयार किया है.

Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways has approved Bharat NCAP, which will test the crashworthiness of automobiles sold in India by giving them star ratings based on their performance in crash tests.

Yet again, there was no mention of a timeline for Bharat NCAP crash test norms to be initiated in the country.

The made-in-India Mahindra XUV300 has become the first vehicle in South Africa to receive a five-star safety rating under the Global NCAP crash test norms as part of the Safer Cars for Africa project.

Tata Motors has not produced a single unit of its most affordable car - the Nano - in the last three months. According to a report in PTI, Tata Motors has not sold a single unit of the Nano in March 2019. The company is yet to take a call on the future of the Nano, chances of it surviving the upcoming crash test norms are slim. The stringent safety...

t's an end of an era. Maruti Suzuki has pulled the plug on the Gypsy SUV in India. The two-door off-roader was introduced in the country in 1985 and has remained one of the longest-running models in production. In an official communication to its dealers, the automaker has asked showrooms to stop accepting bookings for the Maruti Suzuki Gypsy. The ...

Post the announcement of the recently conducted Global NCAP crash test, Renault India comes out with a statement to defend the Renault Lodgy, which received a very poor zero-star rating.

Byton, a Silicon Valley based and Chinese backed automaker has finally started production of its first electric vehicle, the M-Byte SUV. The new SUV will be made in Byton's Nanjing plant in China in a brand new facility which will also serve as the brand's new headquarters. Byton is currently manufacturing the SUV for testing including those requir...

A new category of small vehicles - Quadricycles, has been approved by the Indian government and in particular the Ministry Of Road Transport and Highways. This new category, which will mainly be used to classify small four wheeled personal vehicles (or commercial vehicles) will have to pass a list of emissions, crash and other norms which will be l...

The second round of crash tests for Indian-made cars shows the popular Renault Duster SUV score a 0 star rating. Its driver-airbag variant gets 3 stars.

Here are some of the norms that will ensure the next generation of cars are a lot safer than what we get in India today.

Before new safety norms come in place, Maruti Suzuki India wants to ensure that even the base models of its vehicles get dual airbags and anti-lock braking system (ABS).

The government has decided to introduce stringent safety norms under which all new cars will have to undergo mandatory crash tests from October 2017. It will also give manufacturers a chance to upgrade their cars to suit these norms and the deadline for that is October 2018.

Her name is SET 50F and she's the world's first female crash test dummy, designed by a Swedish engineer to help make sure women are better protected in cars.

ग्लोबल सेफ्टी वॉचडॉग ने अमेरिका और मैक्सिको में बेची जाने वाली सबसे सस्ती ह्यून्दे सेडान का फ्रंट ऑफ-सेट टक्कर में परीक्षण किया.

सड़क परिवहन मंत्रालय ने एक नई सुरक्षा रेटिंग प्रणाली स्थापित करने की अपनी योजना को रेखांकित करते हुए 197 पन्नों का मसौदा तैयार किया है.

Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways has approved Bharat NCAP, which will test the crashworthiness of automobiles sold in India by giving them star ratings based on their performance in crash tests.

Yet again, there was no mention of a timeline for Bharat NCAP crash test norms to be initiated in the country.

The made-in-India Mahindra XUV300 has become the first vehicle in South Africa to receive a five-star safety rating under the Global NCAP crash test norms as part of the Safer Cars for Africa project.

Tata Motors has not produced a single unit of its most affordable car - the Nano - in the last three months. According to a report in PTI, Tata Motors has not sold a single unit of the Nano in March 2019. The company is yet to take a call on the future of the Nano, chances of it surviving the upcoming crash test norms are slim. The stringent safety...

t's an end of an era. Maruti Suzuki has pulled the plug on the Gypsy SUV in India. The two-door off-roader was introduced in the country in 1985 and has remained one of the longest-running models in production. In an official communication to its dealers, the automaker has asked showrooms to stop accepting bookings for the Maruti Suzuki Gypsy. The ...

Post the announcement of the recently conducted Global NCAP crash test, Renault India comes out with a statement to defend the Renault Lodgy, which received a very poor zero-star rating.

Byton, a Silicon Valley based and Chinese backed automaker has finally started production of its first electric vehicle, the M-Byte SUV. The new SUV will be made in Byton's Nanjing plant in China in a brand new facility which will also serve as the brand's new headquarters. Byton is currently manufacturing the SUV for testing including those requir...

A new category of small vehicles - Quadricycles, has been approved by the Indian government and in particular the Ministry Of Road Transport and Highways. This new category, which will mainly be used to classify small four wheeled personal vehicles (or commercial vehicles) will have to pass a list of emissions, crash and other norms which will be l...

The second round of crash tests for Indian-made cars shows the popular Renault Duster SUV score a 0 star rating. Its driver-airbag variant gets 3 stars.

Here are some of the norms that will ensure the next generation of cars are a lot safer than what we get in India today.

Before new safety norms come in place, Maruti Suzuki India wants to ensure that even the base models of its vehicles get dual airbags and anti-lock braking system (ABS).

The government has decided to introduce stringent safety norms under which all new cars will have to undergo mandatory crash tests from October 2017. It will also give manufacturers a chance to upgrade their cars to suit these norms and the deadline for that is October 2018.