NHTSA Revises Five-Star Safety Ratings

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has revised its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), also known as the Five-Star Safety Rating System, including such new aspects as an additional crash test, a new test dummy to represent smaller passengers and new injury criteria for the existing side-impact test. It also has added an overall summary rating intended to make it easier for consumers to assess a new vehicle's safety at a glance.

This program revision marks one of the biggest changes since safety testing was first conducted in 1978. The first vehicles to undergo the new crash tests ... Back to article