December 10 – 11, 2025 | Frankfurt/Hanau, Germany

Here you see a recap of the program of the UpDate Seminar Euro NCAP 2024. As soon as the program of the 2025 conference is finalized, you will find it here.

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Welcome and Overview
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute; Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh
Overall Rating Overview
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute
  • Timeline
  • Threshold Confirmation
  • Compensation Rule
  • Prerequisites

Session Safe Driving
HF & HMI - The New Checklist
James Jackson - IDIADA
  • Premise and background of HMI assessment for vehicle safety
  • Development of the protocol and validation of the test procedure
  • Protocol structure overview and status prior to introduction
Occupant Monitoring
Adriano Palao - Euro NCAP
  • Seatbelt usage 
  • Occupant classification
  • Occupant presence
Driver Monitoring
Adriano Palao - Euro NCAP
  • Transient driver states 
  • Non-transient driver states 
  • Vehicle response requirements
On Road Testing for Speed Assistance Functions
Dr. Mario Henrique Cruz Torres - IVEX NV
  • Advancing Safety with Euro NCAP On-road Evaluations
  • Real-world Impact: Speed Limit Information Function (SLIF) Evaluation Success
  • Insights & Vision: Paving the Way for Safer Roads Ahead

Session Crash Avoidance
Crash Avoidance Updates
Adriano Palao - Euro NCAP
  • Frontal Collisions 
  • Lane Departure Collisions 
  • Low Speed Collisions 
  • Robustness
ANCAP Consumer Acceptance Research into Lane Support Systems
Samuel Deylen - ANCAP SAFETY
  • A vehicle benchmarking activity aimed to objectively analyse vehicles against subjective consumer feedback.
  • Discussion on the key observations from testing, and possible predictors for negative consumer experience and acceptance
Methodology to Identify White Spots in the Euro NCAP Test Protocols Based on Accident Data
Henrik Liers, Robby Rößler - Verkehrsunfallforschung an der TU Dresden GmbH; Jorge Lorente Mallada - Toyota Motor Europe
  • Analysis of the GIDAS dataset regarding the coverage of existing/planned Euro NCAP tests with a focus on active safety measures
  • Descriptive statistics of identified white spots
  • Relevance of additional test configurations, e.g. in terms of environmental aspects
End of Conference Day 1

 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Session Crash Protection
Crash Protection Updates
Volker Sandner - ADAC Technik Zentrum Landsberg
  • Frontal impact
    • MPDB/FW/sled testing
    • Load cases, test setup
    • Injury criteria
    • Assessment
  • Side impact
    • AE-MDB/pole
    • Far Side/pole modifier
    • Assessment
  • Child safety
    • Prerequisite/installation/vehicle based assessment
    • Dynamic test
  • Whiplash
    • Revised static assessment
Updates in Passive VRU Protection
Dirk-Uwe Gehring - BGS Böhme & Gehring GmbH
  • New protocol structure
  • Upcoming protocol changes, e.g. A-pillar protection assessment
  • Current discussions

Session Truck Safety
Euro NCAP – HGV SAFE – A New Testing Scheme for Heavy Duty Vehicles
Matthew Avery - Euro NCAP
  • Trucks make up 3% of Fleet but are involved in 15% of all fatal crashes
  • New Vision and Active Safety tests authored
  • New ratings developed under the new Euro NCAP “Stages-of-crash” timeline concept
  • 9 Fleet Tractors in initial launch – from 1 to 5 Stars
Euro NCAP HGV Testing Roadmap
Matthew Avery - Euro NCAP
  • Test Procedures developed with industry to promote “beyond GSR2 “ performance
  • Some based on enhanced regulation, some completely new – requiring new tools
  • 2027 new assessments around driver monitoring and trailers and rescue
  • 2030 adds new MPDB passive safety requirements to promote compatibility

Session Virtual Testing
VTA Working Group
Richard Schram - Euro NCAP
  • Procedure
  • Crash Avoidance
    • Frontal collisions
    • Lane departure collisions
VTC Working Group
Richard Schram - Euro NCAP
  • Far Side
  • Frontal Impact
  • Human Body Models
Overview of Available Human Body Models
Maren Finck - carhs.training gmbh
  • Why do we need Human Body Models?
  • Roadmaps for the introduction of HBM in Consumer Protection
  • Overview of available HBMs

Session Post Crash Safety
Post Crash Updates
Dr. Thorsten Adolph - AUDI AG
  • Rescue information
  • Post crash intervention
  • Vehicle extrication
Closing Remarks and Farewell
Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck - BASt - German Federal Highway Research Institute