ANCAP CEO says fleet buyers play crucial role in vehicle safety

12 August 2019

Story by Caroline Falls, Fleet Auto News.

ANCAP CEO James Goodwin made clear in his presentation to the AfMA 2019 fleet management conference the important role fleet buyers have to play in improving the safety of the Australian vehicle parc.

“Some 52 percent of all vehicle sales are to corporate or fleet buyers so they are important,” said Goodwin. ANCAP, or the Australasian New Car Assessment Program , does crash tests and provides star safety ratings on vehicles.

Goodwin said the advance of fleet managers who have adopted maximum five-star ANCAP safety rating as part of their buying policies have pushed carmakers to improve their standard offerings and include more widely safety features, such as autonomous emergency braking (AEB).

AEB was included in just three percent of light vehicle sales among Australia’s top 100 selling light vehicle models in 2015, compared with 42 per cent in March 2019, said Goodwin, adding,  “This is great progress and this is happening just because you are asking for it and the vehicle makers are responding.”

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