Road safety revolution: Tata Harrier to be the first vehicle tested in Bharat NCAP crash test
Delhi : Bharat NCAP, India's new vehicle safety standard, has generated a lot of hype and intrigue. The Bharat NCAP website went up a few days ago, displaying crash test photographs of two automobiles available in India - the Kia Sonet and the Tata Punch. While these photographs revealed that the Sonet and Punch completed Bharat NCAP crash testing, a recent article shows that the Tata Harrier is the first domestically built passenger car to undertake Bharat NCAP crash tests.
According to a recent source, the Tata Harrier has already passed a round of crash testing conducted by Bharat NCAP, a programme that was inaugurated in August 2023. The Tata Harrier's safety ratings will be released in the following 3-4 weeks as a consequence of these testing. Notably, the new Tata Harrier and Tata Safari achieved a great five-star rating from Global NCAP when they were released in October 2023.
The revised Tata Harrier has many outward design changes, a redesigned cabin layout with more amenities, and better safety with standard six airbags and ADAS in top-spec models. The Harrier, on the other hand, stays fundamentally identical, with the 2.0-litre 170 PS diesel engine available with 6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmissions.
Apart from Tata Motors, which launched sending the first automobile to Bharat NCAP for crash test ratings, other manufacturers including as Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Mahindra, and Kia have also begun submitting their models to Bharat NCAP. All carmakers and automotive brands operating in India have expressed their support for Bharat NCAP, recognising that completing vehicle testing in India rather than sending them overseas for Global NCAP crash tests will be more cost-effective.
Bharat NCAP is a standardised safety programme launched by the Central Government of India in August 2023 with the goal of awarding safety ratings to passenger automobiles sold in the country through crash testing. With the launch of Bharat NCAP in India, Global NCAP declared the end of its "Safer Cars for India" campaign, stating that it will no longer undertake crash testing on vehicles manufactured in India. To perform Bharat NCAP crash testing on automobiles marketed in India, the Central Government has teamed with the Central Institute of Road Transport (CIRT) in Pune.
