New Euro NCAP Safety Tests Include Underwater Escape And Child Detection Systems

The Euro NCAP crash testing body has added new requirements to its testing regime for 2023 that include a requirement that electric windows and doors will work underwater.

 

Perhaps with a view to rising incidences of global warming-induced flash flooding, but more likely as a response to the increasing number of vehicles entering production with electrically-operated door catches, the test body will now insist that any car so-equipped must ensure windows and doors remain operable when submerged - at least for a period of time that’s deemed long enough for any occupants to make their escape.