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Euro NCAP’s Safer Trucks testing programme gets new Associate Member

The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is partnering with QBE, making the insurer the the first Associate Member to join its new Safer Trucks testing programme. Euro NCAP, the independent body behind vehicle safety launched its Safer Trucks testing programme in November last year to create a safety...

Euro NCAP puts Heavy Goods Vehicle safety in the spotlight

The safety of the trucks on European roads is in the spotlight after Euro NCAP today revealed the first set of results for its brand-new TRUCK SAFE assessment programme.

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Euro NCAP begins new truck safety testing

Testing has started in labs across Europe as Euro NCAP’s Truck Safe programme gets underway.

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Euro NCAP move closer towards Truck Safe rating scheme

Euro NCAP is moving closer towards the development towards a Truck Safe rating scheme, in in direct response to data showing that while trucks represent only 3 per cent of vehicles on Europe’s roads they are involved in almost 15 per cent of all EU road fatalities.

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Calls for ADAS to be more widely available in small panel vans

Euro NCAP has for the first time released the crash avoidance ratings for eight vans in the small panel van category, most of which have equivalent passenger versions.

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Euro NCAP announces plans for HGV testing

Euro NCAP has released highly anticipated, more stringent Commercial Van ratings for 2023 and announced plans for safety testing of HGVs.

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