World Automotive Safety Leaders Meet In Gothenberg
Main picture: Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Anna Johansson and Secretary General of Global NCAP, David Ward
Global NCAP has played a leading role in the 2015 Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV) Conference in Gothenberg Sweden (8-11 June). Co-hosted by the Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Anna Johansson and the Adminstrator of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Dr Mark Rosekind the biannual ESV conference brings together the world’s leaders in automotive safety from industry, government, the researcher and NCAP communities.
The five start VW Up! on display on the Global NCAP Stand
At the ESV Global NCAP held a roundtable meeting of its partner NCAP’s together with Dr Rosekind and co-shared an exhibition stand with Euro NCAP. The stand featured a five star VW up! tested last year by Latin NCAP and pedestrian safety technologies promoted by Euro NCAP. During the main conference Global NCAP’s Secretary General, David Ward, also co-chaired a special session on Consumer Information Approaches to Improve Global Safety with Dr Andre Seeck of the German Federal Highway Safety Research Institute (BASt). The session featured papers from Euro NCAP, the US NCAP and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The next ESV will be held in Detroit in June 2017.
Secretary General of Global NCAP, David Ward and Head of the Vehicle Technology division of the German Federal Highway Safety Institute, Andre Seeck
Volvo Run-off Crash Test with Secretary General of Euro NCAP, Michiel van Ratingen, President of IIHS, Andrian Lund, Director of Volvo Cars Safety Centre, Cecilia Larsson, Secretary General of Global NCAP, David Ward, and Administrator of NHTSA, Mark Rosakind
Pedestrian AEB technology on display on the Global NCAP stand
ESV’s session on Consumer Information Approaches to Improve Global Safety
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