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Euro NCAP - why there is a discrepancy between car and van safety features
23 minutes Posted Apr 17, 2026 at 5:09 pm.
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Matthew Avery is Strategic Development Director for Euro NCAP - the organisation responsible for giving safety ratings to all new cars, vans and trucks.
In 2018, Euro NCAP analysed the new vehicle market and revealed a huge discrepancy in the safety equipment between cars and vans - even some from the same manufacturer. But what is the reason behind such a difference?
 In this episode, we discuss:
Why there is a discrepancy between car and van safety features
What the key active safety features are and how they work
How the manufacturers have responded to van safety ratings
What the new van safety ratings mean for fleet operators
What fleet operators need to know when ordering new vans