21 October 2013  Melaka MARA Professional College & MIROS PC3, Road Transport Academy (APJ), Melaka, Malaysia Proceedings of the Southeast Asia Safer Mobility Symposium 2013 Page 21 SAEM 2013-006 Scanning the Achievement of MyVAP versus ASEAN NCAP and the Similarity Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim 1 *, Zulhaidi Mohd Jawi 2 , Mohd Hafzi Md Isa 3 , Yahaya Ahmad 4 , Azhar Hamzah 5 , Noor Faradila Paiman 6 , Aqbal Hafeez Ariffin 7 , Mohd Khairudin Rahman 8 , Mohd Syazwan Solah 9 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Vehicle Safety and Biomechanics Research Centre Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research 43000 Selangor, Malaysia *Corresponding author’s email: khairilanwar@miros.gov.my Abstract – This paper discusses the achievement of Malaysian Vehicle Assessment Program (MyVAP), a non-destructive approach for obtaining results from secondary data from vehicle manufacturer and established ratings from 2009 to 2013. This effort then has been the inception of ASEAN NCAP, a crash testing programme whose aim to elevate the level of vehicle safety of the region. Three vehicles were involved in both assessments for analysis and comparison. Keywords – Malaysian Vehicle Assessment Program, ASEAN, New Car Assessment Program, Non-destructive approach. I. INTRODUCTION Since the establishment of MIROS in 2007, it has been involved in improving vehicle legislation, mainly with the closest counterparts, Road Transport Department (JPJ). This technically complicated approach requires policy decisions with regard to social and financial consideration. Alternatively, conclusive consumer information will comprehend the vision to improve vehicle safety. Euro NCAP, which has been established since 1994, has been the most recognized consumer information program all over the world [1]. The positive outcomes towards the approach should not come only from consumer, but also vehicle manufacturers. Through this approach, significant improvement can be obtained by ensuring their vehicles achieve better star ratings. Thus, due to unavailability of crash testing facility in Malaysia and nearby testing facility is few thousand miles away, MIROS has decided to step forward with an intermediate approach called MyVAP to complement and adopt the gist of New Car Assessment Program [2]. A. Malaysian Vehicle Assessment Program (MyVAP) The MyVAP has been introduced due to a request from PROTON to MIROS to evaluate their PROTON EXORA safety performance in 2009. MIROS also has planned to realize the National Road Safety Plan (2006 - 2010) which summarizes the intervention element of New Car Assessment Program in a Haddon Matrix (Table 1). The matrix categorizes the road accident into three-time lines – pre, during and post-crash while the dominator remains as human, vehicle and environment. Table 1: Haddon Matrix for 2006 - 2010 Road Safety Plan [3] The pilot test of this program was performed in June 2009, involving PROTON EXORA. The program then was upgraded to a research program approved by MIROS management in December 2009, entitled Refinement of Non- Destructive Approach for Vehicle Safety Assessment. In this research time frame, a total