PETALING JAYA: A nine-member committee has been formed to investigate the head-on collision between two LRT trains in Kuala Lumpur.
The committee will be chaired by Transport Ministry secretary-general Datuk Isham Ishak, and assisted by deputy secretary general for policy Normah Osman (deputy chairman), land division secretary Wan Mohd Asraf Wan Salleh, legal adviser Azlin Sabtu and Air Accident Investigation Bureau chief inspector Brig-Jen Izani Ismail.
Also sitting in are Yuslizar Daud, former head of rail at the then Land Public Transport Commission, Anthony Arokianathan, maintenance support signalling engineer for Express Rail Link, Assoc Prof Dr Nor Aziati Abdul Hamid from the Industry Centre of Excellence for Railway at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, and Prof Dr Wong Shaw Voon from Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Engineering Faculty.
ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2020: Toyota, Honda dominate; Isuzu D-Max, Mitsu Xpander, VinFast win too
16 February 2021 6:19 pm / 6 comments
The New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) held its fourth biennial Grand Prix Awards today, its first to be conducted virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. As usual, the agency recognised standout performers and contributors to road safety from the past two years, although this time, it’s the two largest Japanese carmakers that took home the lion’s share of the gongs.
For 2020, the awards was split into two categories, namely the Excellent Awards [sic] and the Best Safety Performance Awards. The former saw Toyota leading the way with four wins – one for achieving the highest amount of five-star safety ratings and one continuous safety improvement award each for the Corolla Altis, Innova and Hilux. Another continuous safety improvement award was given to the Isuzu D-Max, while the Honda City was
2016 Proton Persona awarded 5-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating; ESC, minimum two airbags across range
23 August 2016 2:13 pm / 39 comments
The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has officially awarded the new 2016 Proton Persona with a five-star safety rating, which made its official launch debut today.
In the Adult Occupant Protection test, the Persona managed to obtain a score 14.07 points out of a possible 16 points, enabling it to secure a five-star rating. As for Child Occupant Protection, the sedan achieved an 82% compliance score as well. These are the exact same scores obtained by the Iriz.
As the Persona is an enhancement of the Iriz, there is no reason for the car to perform the actual test, according to Proton. However, with increased volume, ASEAN NCAP might consider crash testing the car.