The Latin NCAP was launched yesterday simultaneously in Montevideo, Uruguay and Sao Paolo, Brazil. The association has already released test results of nine cars belonging to the small vehicle segment using the same frontal impact test that is featured in Euro NCAP’s test program. The vehicles have received separate star ratings for the safety of adults and children.
“Latin America is a rapidly growing automobile market and source of vehicle production. It is also experiencing high levels of road fatalities and serious injuries. Latin NCAP is the first independent programme to be established in one of the world’s newly motorizing regions and is a historic step forward in the availability of consumer crash test information,” stated the press release.
The program is expected to bring a contribution to the UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020, which could save up to five million lives all over the world.
‘We congratulate the partners in Latin NCAP for taking this important step for the Latin American and Caribbean region. Latin NCAP will not only contribute to raising the standards of car safety and to increasing the levels of protection given to drivers, adult passengers and children, but also help increase much needed public awareness about the importance of safer road transport,” said Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General of Euro NCAP.
You can see the first Latin NCAP crash test results in the PDF file below.
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