The German auto club ADAC has hosted NCAP24, a meeting organised by Global NCAP which brings together all the world’s car assessment programmes. Global NCAP receives core funding from the FIA Foundation. 

A focus of the event was the success of the Safer Cars for India campaign, led by Global NCAP and IRTE with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies and the FIA Foundation. After ten years of independent consumer crash testing which raised the profile of vehicle safety in the media and with the public and politicians, the Indian government launched its own official programme in August 2023. 

Speakers at NCAP24 included Sophie Schulman, acting Administrator of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Meera Naran, a road safety campaigner from the UK who lost her daughter in a crash. The FIA was recognised with an innovation award for its Road Safety Index. At NCAP24 Global NCAP and the ADAC’s Mobility Test Centre agreed a new vehicle safety  partnership, extending their technical and crash testing collaboration to include wider advisory, educational and road safety training activities for the future.

The ADAC has been a trusted partner of Global NCAP for more than a decade. Europe’s largest mobility club has supported successful consumer protection programmes in Latin America, India and Africa. 

David Ward, Executive President of the Towards Zero Foundation said: "Global NCAP could not have achieved its success in vehicle safety improvement across the world without the support of the ADAC. So it’s entirely appropriate that we announce the renewal of our strategic partnership during NCAP24, the Global NCAP World Congress, hosted at the ADAC’s headquarters in Munich.

“We are grateful for the ADAC’s world class team, for their expertise and for their highly collaborative and proactive approach to consumer protection. We look forward to extending our partnership and to finding new ways for our road safety work to make a tangible real world impact.” 

Karsten Schulze, ADAC Technical President, said, 

“Global NCAP and the NCAP community are rightly recognised and highly respected for their transformative work on vehicle safety improvements. We have seen their achievements in regions across the world, most recently in India, and the ADAC is very proud to have partnered with Global NCAP for every milestone on their advocacy journey.

“The ADAC is committed to consumer protection, in Germany, in Europe and thanks to our collaboration with Global NCAP, to consumers across the world.”