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Global NCAP Crash Tests - Should they influence your car purchase?

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‘Over 1.5 lakh people lost their lives in road accidents in 2018, with over speeding being the most common reason for casualties,’ a Government report said. An accident might have taken place somewhere even while you are reading this. Across the 199 countries reported in the World Road Statistics in 2018, India has unfortunately topped the list, with China and the US trailing behind. 17 people die every hour in road accidents in India. We often blame the poor quality of roads and people’s carelessness while driving to be the only reasons for the casualties caused post the accidents. However, we tend to ignore the cars that are involved in fatal crashes. A major misconception amongst people is that a car cannot avoid a crash or save people after an unfortunate event. Each car based on its chassis’ structural rigidity and safety features it offers, behaves differently during a crash. While some cars manage to save all the passengers, some are left completely unidentifiable and