Crash Tests Are About To Get Much More Stringent

In the USA, the IIHS and NHTSA take care of local crash-testing standards, but over in Europe, it’s the Euro NCAP that upholds the safety standards that manufacturers need to adhere to. Like the American agencies, NCAP is looking to improve its standards so that all passenger vehicles in the region are forced to be safer. To launch this initiative, the organization put 15 forward-looking cars to the test, including the Tesla Model S.

Speaking to Autocar, Euro NCAP’s secretary general Michiel van Ratingen explains how the organization will carry this out over the next few years. None of this is completely relevant to the American market right now, but it is still enlightening to see how the topic of safety is evolving around the world.