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NPACS

New programme for the assessment of child seats

Project details
Domain	Vehicle Technology: Passive Safety
Duration	from 01/2004 until 01/2006
Website	http://www.npacs.com/
Other sources

NPACS will provide independent published guidance to consumers on the relative protection afforded by child restraint systems which can be used in a wide range of road vehicles, through:

reliable methods of dynamic testing
assessment of their ease of use
regular European evaluation of the performance of these products.

It will initiate a research phase by a collaboration of EU research and testing organisations, ensuring regular exchange of research and testing results in order to develop an harmonised testing procedure with the aim of developing a EuroNCAP type body.

Coordinator
ÖAMTC - Der Österreichische Automobil-, Motorrad- und Touring Club (AT)
Partners
ADAC - Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (DE) BAST - Federal Highway Research Institute (DE) Generalitat de Catalunya (ES) DFT - UK Department of Transport (UK) FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society (UK) Verkehrstechnisches Institut der Deutschen Versicherer (DE) International Consumer Research & Testing (UK) Applus+ IDIADA (ES) Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat - AVV Transport Research Centre (NL) TNO - Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (NL) TRL - Transport Research Laboratory (UK) VSRC - Loughborough University Vehicle Safety Research Centre (UK)