Company type | Voluntary Non-Profit |
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Industry | Automotive Safety |
Founded | December 1996 |
Headquarters | Leuven, Belgium |
Number of locations | 8 Facilities |
Area served | Europe |
Services | Consumer Information |
Website | www |
Rank by vehicle sales in 2017[1] |
Country | Estimated road traffic death per year per 100,000 population, 2018[2] |
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1 | China | 18.2 |
2 | United States | 12.4 |
3 | Japan | 4.1 |
4 | India | 22.6 |
5 | Germany | 4.1 |
6 | United Kingdom | 3.1 |
7 | France | 5.5 |
8 | Brazil | 19.7 |
9 | Italy | 5.6 |
10 | Canada | 5.8 |
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) is a European voluntary car safety performance assessment programme (i.e. a New Car Assessment Program) based in Leuven, Belgium. Formed in 1996, the first results were released in February 1997.[3] It was originally started by the Transport Research Laboratory for the UK Department for Transport but later backed by several European governments, as well as by the European Union (EU).[4][5] Their slogan is "For Safer Cars".