News & Press Releases

Kajang, 28 August 2015 – Technology keeps evolving particularly with the demand of an industry. In the vehicle industry, crash testing the safety level of a vehicle is pertinent. In the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) crash test procedure, Kyowa’s data logger is

Kajang, 28 August 2015 – Motorcycle fatality recorded as one of the highest road traffic deaths in the world. According to WHO in Global Status Report on Road Safety 2013, motorized 2-3 wheelers make up 33% of road traffic deaths in South-East Asia region. Based on this record, the New Car Assessmen

Kajang, 21 August 2015 – Following the test on Mitsubishi Triton by New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) released on 7th July 2015, ASEAN NCAP also reviewed the test result conducted by Australasian NCAP (ANCAP). The Triton model of higher variant was tested by ANCAP

Kajang, 14 August 2015 – A high purchasing trend of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) can be seen among ASEAN vehicle consumers. With new support from Bloomberg Philantrophies, ASEAN NCAP has progressively performing crash tests on several SUV models offered in the ASEAN market. This is to ensure the sa

Kajang, 31 July 2015 – New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) will be organizing the ASEAN Automotive Safety Forum (AASF) in Bandung, Indonesia with collaboration of Faculty of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (FTMD), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB). This annual e

Kajang, 16 July 2015 – A Honda HR-V was recently crash tested by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian region (ASEAN NCAP). The Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) achieved a 4-Star result for its Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and achieved a 4-Star rating for Child Occupant Protection (COP) w

Kajang, 7 July 2015 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian region (ASEAN NCAP) recently crash tested the new Mitsubishi Triton. The Mitsubishi Triton received a 4-Star result for its Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and achieved a 2-Star rating for Child Occupant Protection (COP) with o

“Making safer cars is relatively easy compared to ensuring people to buy safe cars,” said the ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General while meeting at his office on 3 July 2015. “A few years back and today still, pricing plays a major factor when purchasing a car, yet safety concerns are growing especially in

Safety Assist Technology (SAT) comprises technologies that are designed for vehicles to avoid accidents from occurring and mitigate injury towards the passengers. Apart from crashworthiness performance of vehicles, safety assist has become an integral part in the rating assessment of established New

Putrajaya, 26 June 2015 – ASEAN NCAP Secretary-General, Mr. Khairil Anwar bin Abu Kassim, was last week appointed as Chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers International, Malaysia (SAE-M) during the society’s 13th annual general meeting. "Khairil has serviced the society since May 2008 and

ASEAN NCAP's Secretary-General was recently interviewed by Business Circle. During a five-minute job interview at the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) in 2008, Khairil Abu Kassim promised the then director-general, the late Prof Dr Radin Umar Sohadi, that in just three years, he w

Child safety seats or popularly referred to as child restraint system (CRS) are seats designed to provide protection to infants and children from injury or death in vehicle collisions. In many countries, car seats are legally required. The Malaysian government has also recently begun a campaign to u