The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) is a car safety performance assessment programme based in

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and founded in 1993. ANCAP specialises in the

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ing of automobiles sold in Australia and the publishing of these results for the benefit of consumers. ANCAP provides consumers with transparent advice and information on the level of occupant and pedestrian protection provided by different vehicle models in the most common types of crashes, as well as their ability—through technology—to avoid a crash. Since 1993, ANCAP has published crash test results (as of 2015) for over 515 passenger and light commercial vehicles sold in Australia and

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. Vehicles are awarded an ANCAP safety rating of between one and five stars indicating the level of safety they provide in the event of a crash. The more stars, the better the vehicle performed in ANCAP tests. To achieve the maximum five-star ANCAP safety rating, a vehicle must achieve the highest standards in all tests and feature advanced safety assist technologies. In 2018, ANCAP adopted the

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protocols, with the scoring tweaked to the local conditions.

Member organisations

* ACT Justice and Community Safety Directorate *

Australian Automobile Association The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) was established in 1924. The AAA is the peak organisation for Australia's motoring clubs and their eight million members, and advances the interests of all road users across Australia to ensure land tra ...

* Australian Government –

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* Automobile Association of the Northern Territory * FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society *

New Zealand Automobile Association The New Zealand Automobile Association (NZAA or AA) is an incorporated society that provides a range of services to its members including free motoring advice, breakdown services, vehicle repairs, driver licensing, driver training, travel maps ...

NRMA NRMA (formerly National Roads and Motorists' Association) is an Australian organisation offering roadside assistance, advocacy for motorists and road-users, motoring advice, car servicing, International Driving Permits, travel and other servic ...

Ministry of Transport (New Zealand) The Te Manatū Waka Ministry of Transport is the public service department of New Zealand charged with advising the government on transport policy. History The Ministry was established in 1968 with a merger of the then Transport Department an ...

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (commonly known as Waka Kotahi, and abbreviated as NZTA) is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, an ...

* Queensland

Department of Transport & Main Roads The Department of Transport and Main Roads, known often as TMR, is a department of the Queensland Government, formed in April 2009 with the merger of the Queensland Transport and the Department of Main Roads. The department manages Queensland ...

* Royal Automobile Association of South Australia *

Royal Automobile Club of Queensland The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Limited (RACQ) is a mutual organisation and Queensland’s largest Club, providing services including roadside assistance, insurance, banking and travel to its approximately 1.75 million members. RACQ i ...

Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania The Royal Automobile Club of Tasmania normally abbreviated to RACT is a motoring club in Tasmania, Australia. The organisation was established in 1923 and now has over 200,000 members. It is a member of the Australian Automobile Association. I ...

Royal Automobile Club of Victoria The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV) is a motoring club and mutual organisation. It offers various services to members, including insurance and roadside assistance. It has about 30,000 ordinary club members who have access to the li ...

Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC WA) is a motoring club and mutual organisation, offering motoring services and advice, insurance, travel services, finance, driver training and exclusive benefits for their members. As an indep ...

* SA

Department for Infrastructure & Transport The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), formerly the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), is a large department of the government of South Australia. The website was renamed , but without a formal announce ...

* Tasmanian

Department of State Growth The Tasmanian Department of State Growth is the Tasmanian Government department with responsibility for driving state growth and to implement the government's long-term plan for creating jobs, growth, and opportunities for all Tasmanians, in Au ...

Transport for NSW Transport for NSW, sometimes abbreviated to TfNSW, and pronounced as Transport for New South Wales, is an agency of the New South Wales Government established on 1 November 2011, and is the leading transport and roads agency in New South Wales, ...

– Centre for Road Safety *

VicRoads VicRoads is a government joint venture in the state of Victoria, Australia. In the state, it is responsible for driver licensing and vehicle registration. It is owned and operated through a joint venture between the Victorian government and a ...

* Victorian

Transport Accident Commission The Transport Accident Commission (TAC) is the statutory insurer of third-party personal liability (CTP insurance in other states) for road accidents in the State of Victoria, Australia. It was established under the Transport Accident Act 198 ...

* Western Australia Department of Transport * Western Australia Office of Road Safety

Testing

The average cost of producing one ANCAP rating is . In 2019–2020, 95% of all new vehicles sold were tested. In 2023, an underwater safety test will be introduced.

Comparison groups

The results are grouped into 17 increasingly demanding classes: * 1993–1994 * 1995–1998 * 1999–2000 * 2001–2002 * 2003–2007 * 2008–2010 * 2011 * 2012 * 2013 * 2014 * 2015 * 2016 * 2017 * 2018–2019 * 2020–2022 * 2023–2024 * 2025+

References

External links

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Overview of ANCAP Tests
{{Automotive industry in Australia New Car Assessment Programs Transport in Australia Consumer organisations in Australia