VERITY Now celebrates the Senate Appropriations Committee for supporting equal crash testing

VERITY Now applauds the Senate Appropriations Committee for including crucial language focused on equality in crash testing in its recently published report accompanying the FY 2025 THUD appropriations bill (S.4796).

We are pleased to see the Senate report directly call on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) to issue a final NCAP roadmap. The committee states that the roadmap, which has remained in draft form since March 2022, should “adopt the most technologically advanced safety equipment, including the latest anthropometric test dummies used in motor vehicle crash tests by other global regulators, and test procedures available in the global and domestic marketplace that can be used to physically validate the safety of occupants within motor vehicles”. Importantly, the report also emphasizes that the same frontal crash tests for both male and female drivers should be required to ensure equal safety standards for all.

This achievement builds on the House Appropriation’s recent report language, which also encourages the use of the most advanced female test dummies in both driver and front passenger positions.

We are proud of this progress and remain committed to advocating for the highest safety standards for all vehicle occupants.