India crash test for all new cars |
India`s Road Transport Ministry has set October 2017 as the deadline for new model cars to pass minimum frontal and side crash tests besides pedestrian protection test. The frontal crash tests will be at 56 km per hour, while the norm set for side crash tests is 50 km ph. Compliance will bring Indian cars at par with international norms to make vehicles safer for occupants. The notification also mentions that the front and other portions of the new cars sold after the respective cut off dates have to be designed in a manner that pedestrians don`t receive major injury when they are hit by these vehicles. Some companies may comply with the norms before the set deadline.
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