OVERALL EVALUATION RESULTS ON CRASH SAFETY IN KNCAP

摘要

The Korean New Car Assessment Program (KNCAP) has been carried out byrnthe Korean Ministry of Land, Transportation and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) since 1999 inrnorder to encourage that the auto makers shall launch the safer cars into the domestic market.rnOverall assessment for all KNCAP tests has been studied from 2009 to integrate in a singlernrating system. So, the overall evaluation for crash safety was added and evaluated in thernKNCAP from 2010. The crash safety consists of the full frontal impact test, the offset frontalrnimpact test, the side impact test, the pole side impact test and the whiplash test. The overallrnevaluation will be graded 5 grade rating, and the first grade will be scored from 47 to 54 point.rnIn 2010 the KNCAP evaluated the occupant protection performance of 12 vehicles from fourrndomestic and three foreign auto makers. The KNCAP released to the press the results of 12rnvehicles with the overall evaluation on crash safety. 11 vehicles got 1st grade in the overallrnevaluation on crash safety. And the results of 5 vehicles were released in August, and the lastrnresults of 7 vehicles were released in December. Besides, the KNCAP awarded “the safer carrnof the year” based on the overall evaluation results on crash safety. The Korea governmentrnhas vision to reduce the traffic accident fatalities to half by 2012.