David Ward speaks at Global NCAP 2014 Annual Forum
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This document summarizes the work of the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) in supporting the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. It discusses Global NCAP's role in providing technical assistance and collaboration between existing New Car Assessment Programs. It also outlines some of the Decade of Action's recommended activities to promote safer vehicles, including encouraging adoption of UN vehicle safety standards, implementation of NCAP programs worldwide, and deployment of crash avoidance technologies.
David Ward speaks at Global NCAP 2014 Annual Forum
- 1. The UN Decade of Ac.on and Motor Vehicle Safety Presenta.on by David Ward Secretary General Global New Car Assessment Programme 2014 Global NCAP Forum RACV City Club Melbourne Australia 5th May 2014
- 2. Global NCAP For Safer Cars…Worldwide The first NCAP was launched in 1978 by the US Na=onal Highway Traffic Safety Administra=on. NCAPs help to create a ‘market for safety’ by raising awareness of the car buying public, and rewarding manufacturers that build the safest cars. There are now nine NCAPs or similar bodies ac=ve in Asia, Australia, Europe, La=n America and the USA. In 2011 Global NCAP was launched as a UK registered charity which aims to: • offer support to New Car Assessment Programmes in emerging economies and regions by offering technical support guidance and quality assurance. • provide a plaUorm for coopera=on for NCAPs and like organisa=ons around the world to share best prac=ce, and exchange informa=on.
- 3. Recent Ac.vi.es In 2012 we held our first Annual Mee=ng in Malaysia aXended by all nine NCAPs , which was the largest ever gathering of its kind. In 2013 we met in South Korea during the ESV. On October 28-‐30 our 2014 Annual Mee=ng will be held at CATARC Jian Jing, hosted by China NCAP. We have launched a global awards scheme. The first winner was NHTSA and Joan Claybrook and presented by HRH Prince Michael of Kent. We have provided grant and technical support to the ASEAN NCAP, La=n NCAP and to the Safer Cars for India Project. We have secured a mul=-‐annual grant agreement from the FIA Founda=on and addi=onal support from donors such as the World Bank, IDB, the Road Safety Fund etc.
- 4. Aeer a forty year effort motor vehicles in the major industrialised countries are safer than ever before. This is the result of “regulatory push” and “demand pull”. The combina=on of na=onal and UN safety standards and consumer informa=on promoted by NCAPs have created a market for safer vehicles. The challenge now is to extend this progress to the rapidly motorising regions of Asia, Africa and La=n America. Auto Safety’s Winning Formula: Regulatory Push & Demand Pull
- 5. Changing Geography of Vehicle Use
- 6. The Decade’s goal is to ‘stabilize and then reduce the level of road fatali4es’. This would bring a 50% reduc=on in the forecast level of fatali=es by 2020 and avoid five million deaths, 50 million injuries and $3 trillion in social costs. The Decade is supported by a Global Plan for the Decade with five pillars: 1. Building Management Capacity 2. Encouraging Safer User Behaviour 3. Building Safer Vehicles 4. Building Safer Roads 5. Improving Post Crash Care The Decade Plan includes seven recommended ac=vi=es in ‘pillar three’ to promote vehicle safety UN Decade of Ac.on 2011-‐2020
- 7. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 1 Encourage Member States to apply and promulgate motor vehicle safety standards as developed by the UN’s World Forum for the Harmoniza.on of Vehicle Regula.ons (WP 29).
- 8. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 2 Encourage implementa.on of New Car Assessment Programmes in all world regions to increase the availability of consumer informa.on about the safety performance of motor vehicles.
- 9. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 3 Encourage agreement to ensure that all new motor vehicles are equipped with seat belts and anchorages that meet regulatory requirements and pass applicable crash test standards (as minimum safety features).
- 10. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 4 Encourage global deployment of crash avoidance technologies with proven effec.veness such as Electronic Stability Control and An. Lock Braking Systems (ABS) in motorcycles. ESC is mandatory in all new cars in Australia, Europe, Japan and the USA (since 2012). In 2008 a UN global technical regula=on for ESC was adopted. For motorcycles equipped with op=onal ABS The rate of fatal crashes is 37 per cent lower than for those same models without ABS (IIHS 2011). In the EU from 2016 ABS will be mandatory for new models above 125 cc, and from 2017 for all motorcycles in produc=on.
- 11. Source: Bosch NAFTA93% Europe WORLD Korea China 79% 76% 51% 65% 46% 21% 93% 78% 72% 48% 60% 42% 18% 91% 77% 68% 44% 52% 34% 15% 85% 75% 63% 41% 44% 25% 12% 57% 36% 35% 22% 10% 53% 49% 33% 33% 7% ESP® Installation Rates*) 79% 81% 54% 74% 49% 26% 94% 80% 86% 58% 83% 60% 32% Australia Japan Russia 69% 71% 62% 19% 28% 16% 12% 9% 4% 1%0% 19% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 2016 94% 80% 85% 57% 81% 54% 29% 22% 93% ESC Global Installa.on Rates to 2016
- 12. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 5 Encourage use of fiscal and other incen.ves for motor vehicles that provide high levels of road user protec.on and discourage export of new and used cars that have reduced safety standards. Demand for safer vehicles can grow quickly if encouraged by incen=ves. Incen=ves can include reduced sales tax or registra=on charges for cars that meet chosen technology requirements or standards. The insurance industry can also take a lead in offering premium reduc=ons for safer vehicles.
- 13. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 6 Sustain investment in research and development of safety technologies that will improve vehicle safety and reduce risks to vulnerable road users. Real world claims data suggest that Autonomous Emergency Braking Systems (AEB) can reduce rear-‐end crashes by one quarter or more and will lead to a significant reduc=on of injuries. Priority area for ac=on are new technologies to mi=gate pedestrian injury. Effec=veness of pedestrian detec=on systems are promising. The combina=on effect of improved pedestrian crashworthiness (soeer and ‘forgiving’ car fronts) and crash avoidance (lowering collision speed) will bring important gains in safety for pedestrians.
- 14. Decade Plan for Safer Vehicles – Ac.vity 7 Encourage managers of governments and private sector fleets to purchase and maintain vehicles that offer advanced safety technologies and high levels of occupant protec.on. Public and private fleets dominate new car sales. Fleet managers choices will raise demand for safer motor vehicles. For example the mining company BHP Billiton and the governments of Australian and Sweden now only buy Five Star NCAP rated vehicles. The new ISO 39001 standard for Road Traffic Safety Management Systems and Global NCAPs new Fleet Safety Guide will also encourage improved fleet safety.
- 15. UN Decade’s 2020 Vision… In 2013 from a total of 65 million new cars more than 20 million fail to meet UN crash test standards, have no air bags, no an=-‐lock brakes, and no electronic stability control. If the Decade succeeds by 2020 all new cars will meet UN crash test standards with air bags, ABS and ESC fiXed as standard. This needs governments to regulate and car makers to supply all markets with the similar quality vehicles.
- 16. Thank You!