In 1999 the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in Korea was initiated with the primary purpose of providing consumers with a measure of the relative safety potential of vehicles in frontal crashes. The side impact test was added to the Korean NCAP in 2...
In 1999 the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) in Korea was initiated with the primary purpose of providing consumers with a measure of the relative safety potential of vehicles in frontal crashes. The side impact test was added to the Korean NCAP in 2003. The eight small passenger cars were evaluated and the star ratings for the side crashes were reported. The star ratings for the injury severities are estimated using conversion points from the head injury criterion (HIC) and the maximum value of the chest deflection, the viscous criterion, the abdominal force and the pubic symphysis force. According to the test results, the dominant factors for the star ratings are the chest injuries such as the chest deflection and the viscous criterion.