Toyota Awarded for Excellent Safety Standards and Technologies by Southeast Asia's Vehicle Safety Assessment Programme
November 29 2016 - 10:27AM
JCN Newswire (English)
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries
(ASEAN NCAP) held its second bi-annual awards ceremony, the ASEAN
NCAP Grand Prix 2016, at Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.
The ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix commemorates the achievement of vehicles
that have participated in the ASEAN NCAP assessment over the last
two years. There are three main award categories: best occupant
protection, best safety technology, and special awards given to
vehicles/companies which contributed to enhancing safety in the
region.
Toyota won six awards for best occupant protection. Here, vehicles
are judged based on frontal and side crash tests conducted by ASEAN
NCAP on vehicles which are fitted with crash test dummies of
different sizes that represent adult and child occupants1. During
the crash test, the damage sustained by the vehicle and the crash
test dummies are carefully assessed and quantified. This assessment
is then translated into a numerical score. Based on this, the
vehicle with the highest score is awarded the Adult Occupant
Protection (AOP) and/or Child Occupant Protection (COP) title
respectively for each vehicle category.
The six awards for the best occupant protection classifications
are:
- Toyota Sienta -Best Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) for MPV
Category
- Toyota Agya -Best Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) for Mini Car
Category
- Toyota Agya -Best Child Occupant Protection (COP) Mini Car
Category
- Toyota Innova -Best Child Occupant Protection (COP) for MPV
Category
- Toyota Rush -Best Child Occupant Protection (COP) for SUV
Category
- Toyota Hilux -Best Child Occupant Protection (COP) for Pickup
Category
Toyota was also presented with an award for its safety technology,
the Blind Spot Monitor. This technology was recognized for its
ability to help avoid accidents by alerting drivers of oncoming
vehicles that may not be within their field of vision.
Additionally, Toyota received a special recognition award-the
Rising Star Recognition, for its efforts at improving safety
standards in the ASEAN region with the Toyota Corolla. Toyota was
recognized for its efforts, where the carmaker made the Corolla
standardized with Vehicle Stability Control (VSC)2 and 7-airbags
for all grades, in all ASEAN countries, from November 2016
onwards3.
The awards for safety technology and special recognition are:
- Blind Spot Monitor -Safety Technology Award (Car
Manufacturer)
- Toyota Corolla -Rising Star Recognition
Apart from these awards, Toyota has also received AOP 5-star
ratings for three models sold in Southeast Asia-the Hilux, the
Innova and the Sienta, which were tested between 2015 and 2016.
Toyota considers safety as its top priority, and aims to eliminate
traffic fatalities altogether. To achieve this goal, Toyota has
been developing safety features and conducting extensive R&D on
safety, which involves conducting crash tests and simulations on
its own, and then analysing the results to continually improve its
safety features. Toyota is proud to achieve these awards from ASEAN
NCAP, and will continue to work with stakeholders in the ASEAN
region to achieve its goal of attaining zero traffic
fatalities.
(1) The vehicle with the highest score for its category class
within the last two years is awarded by ASEAN NCAP at the Grand
Prix. To assess Child Occupancy Protection, crash test dummies
representing a 3-year old and an 18-month old are used in child
seats
(2) VSC: Electronic Stability Control
(3) For the Model Year 2017 Corolla; availability is subject to
introduction schedule for the various Southeast Asian markets
About Toyota
Supported by people around the world, Toyota Motor Corporation
(TSE:7203; NYSE:TM), has endeavored since its establishment in 1937
to serve society by creating better products. As of the end of
December 2013, Toyota conducts its business worldwide with 52
overseas manufacturing companies in 27 countries and regions.
Toyota's vehicles are sold in more than 170 countries and regions.
For more information, please visit www.toyota-global.com.
Source: Toyota
Contact:
Toyota Motor Corporation
Public Affairs Division
Global Communications Department
Tel: +81-3-3817-9926
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