Passive Pedestrian Safety
Latin NCAP evaluates the protection of the most vulnerable road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists, and other road users traveling outside a vehicle. The evaluated criteria reflect the ability of the vehicle’s front-end structure — including pillars, front bumper, bonnet, windshield, and all structures beneath them — to mitigate injuries in the event of a pedestrian impact. To achieve this, injuries to different body regions are assessed individually: lower leg, upper leg (femur and pelvis), child head, and adult head, across different areas of the vehicle front in order to consider vulnerable road users of different sizes, including children. At the same time, documentation demonstrating compliance with the technical requirements of UN Regulation 127 or GTR 9 is required. These regulations specify the maximum level of injury a vehicle may cause to a pedestrian in the event of an impact in order to comply with the standard.