[2] Within two years of implementation, new cars sold in India will need to comply with voluntary star ratings based on crash safety performance tests.

Critical safety features such as airbags, ABS, and seat belt reminders will become standard in cars sold in India resulting from rankings and mandatory crash testing.

Cars will gradually have to meet more stringent norms such as pedestrian protection, whiplash injury and child restraint systems standards and requirements.

The number of deaths due to road accidents in India is around three to four times that of European countries like France, Germany and Spain.

[7] Under BNCAP, similar to Euro NCAP, vehicles will be crash tested at 64 km/h for frontal impacts which is the average speed in India.