Vehicle crash test mandatory from 1st Oct 2017, says Minister

NEW DELHI: Crash test for new vehicles will be mandatory from 1st October, 2017 and the test facilities should be ready in all respects by December 2015, Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, G.M. Siddeshwara informed Lok Sabha Tuesday.

The compliance will come enforce as per crash standards AIS 098 and AIS 099 also be mandatory for existing vehicles from 1st October, 2019.

The minister also informed that the Global NCAP gave a presentation in Delhi, in which they proved that some of the cars manufactured in India, when subject to Offset Crash Test through crash test, are not safe.

A committee has been constituted by Ministry of Road Transport & Highway (MORTH) on 25th March, 2014 for the purpose of creating a NCAP for India.