NHTSA Finalizes Significant Updates to Consumer-Facing Safety Ratings Program
The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finalized significant updates to its consumer-facing 5-Star Safety Ratings program, a pivotal action designed to improve safety on our nation's roads by incorporating new advanced driver assistance technologies, adding a crashworthiness pedestrian protection program, and setting a roadmap for future program changes over the next 10 years.
The updated 5-Star Safety Ratings program—known as the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP)—emphasizes several new and emerging safety technologies and vehicle safety features designed to help protect people both inside and outside a vehicle. The safety update was included as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.