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ODB, the most important car safety device in the last 20 years.

Global NCAP’s Secretary General, David Ward has written a special anniversary article which tells the story of the hard-fought battle to defeat opposition from the Association of European Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) and overcome the risk of corporate capture of EU vehicle safety. This success was brought about by a coalition of safety groups persuading the European Parliament to amend the European Commission’s original proposal. Their action prevented the adoption of weak front and side impact standards favoured by ACEA and instead saw the entry into force of crash tests which research had proved were much more realistic and would save tens of thousands of lives. These forecast benefits have been shown to be valid. Overall road fatalities in the EU from over 45,000 in the mid-1990s to 25,000 and that the combination of EU crash test legislation and effect of Euro NCAP crash ratings have saved around 78,000 lives since 1997. The article also celebrates the fact the EU’s crash test standards were subsequently adopted by the United Nation’s World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations – numbered Regulations 94 and 95 respectively. And now the ODB frontal impact regulation is applied in Brazil, China, India, Malaysia and in Mexico from next year. This will help overcome the shocking double standards that today result in some international car companies selling new models that collapse just as catastrophically as the 1998 Ford Fiesta in our anniversary car-to-car crash demonstration. The article concludes with five key lessons from the EU’s twenty-year success story of improved car safety. Firstly, that evidence-based research is the essential basis of effective regulation. Secondly, that the legislative process must be open and transparent to counteract the risk of corporate capture of the regulatory system. Thirdly, that best available technology and high levels of consumer protection should always be the regulators first choice as they encourage innovation and provide the greatest life-saving potential. Fourthly, that regional and global harmonisation of vehicle regulations offers economies of scale that can raise levels of safety worldwide. And finally, that independent consumer testing of the kind carried out by New Car Assessment Programmes acts as a powerful stimulus for industry to exceed legislative requirements. Subscribe to our channel here http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Follow us online: Twitter:   / globalncap   Instagram:   / globalncap   Facebook:   / globalncap   Website: http://globalncap.org