MISSION AND GOALS

 

The RCAR Damageability Working Group establishes and maintains standards for evaluating the damageability of vehicles in low speed crashes where the structure of the vehicle may be compromised, but typically no bodily injury occurs.

Based on research and statistical investigation, the Damageability Working Group administers established standards, while evaluating new standards, in order to;

• improve the ease of repair of vehicles

• reduce cost of ownership

The tests are intended to pinpoint the damageability and repair costs of the vehicle and the subsequent effects on cost of ownership. The RCAR Damageability Working Group aims to harmonize these crash test standards in international cooperation to achieve worldwide validated standards. Thus the Damageability Working Group aims to;

• provide both insurers and automakers with a proven and reproducible test method that is applicable for all markets

• provide markets with test procedures that are open to their specific needs, respectively, when rating the test results

The Damageability Working Group promotes the usage of these tests by open negotiation with automakers and other parties, as well as with documents detailing the procedures.

The Damageability Working Group will generally not rank any test results for public information; however, each individual institution can decide where it might be appropriate to publish their own test results, based on their market.