KATRI presented a number of drafts for KNCAP test protocols. It seeks to enhance test procedures and to harmonize some provisions with EuroNCAP. In particular, car-to-car compatibility will be assessed from 2024. Major details are as follows:
◇ KNCAP Car-to-Car crash compatibility
- Enhance crash safety by assessing compatibility (the ability of a car to protect both its own occupants and partner car’s occupants)
- MPDB impact with a trolley
- Trolley total mass: 1,400kg ± 20kg
- Impact speed: 56km/h ± 1km/h
- Modifier: -4 points (2024~2025), – 8 points (from 2026)
- Assess 3 parameters harmonized with EuroNCAP
- Standard deviation (SD)
- Occupant Load Criterion (OLC): 25 ~ 45g
- Bottoming out: 630mm (a 2-point penalty)
◇ KNCAP VRU Protection Protocol
- Bumper test area harmonized with EuroNCAP and GTR Amend2
- Legform impactor: Flex_PLI –> aPLI
◇ KNCAP Crash Safety Protocol
- KNCAP full frontal impact
- Rib displacement criterion for front seats and rear seats:
- Lower limit : 22mm –> 18mm
- Rib displacement criterion for front seats and rear seats:
- KNCAP ODB frontal impact
- Driver seating position
- Head restraint: high position –> mid position
- Driver seating position
- KNCAP side impact
- Seat back position
- Set it to 25° to vertical, as defined by Torso angle if no design position is given
- Seat back position
- KNCAP pole side impact
- Modifier for abdominal performance
- Resultant lower spine acceleration (3 ms) is 75 g or more: 0 points for the abdominal assessment
- Modifier for abdominal performance
- KNCAP child occupant protection
- Q10 dummy
- Chest deflection 56mm or more: 0 points; below 56mm: 2 points
- Q10 dummy
