Abstract: European New Car Assessment Program (Euro-NCAP) is most influential for new car assessment.
Euro-NCAP is constituted by non-government consumer group that will select well sold vehicles in the European
market to run safety performance test, and then publish the result to people for reference. This paper analyzes
and compares Euro-NCAP pedestrian protection testing protocols (v5.3.1and v6.0) to make China vehicle
manufacturers obtain better score when participating in the Euro NCAP test. The differences between v5.3.1
and v6.0 of Euro NCAP pedestrian protection testing protocols were comparatively analyzed including the grid
point, correction factor, HIC (head injury criterion) tolerance, and principle of assessment to summarize advice
to supply reference to China’s vehicle manufacturers. China vehicle manufacturers should have CAE (Computer
Aided Engineering) simulation capacity and pedestrian protection testing ability or else their vehicle development
will be influenced.

Key words: New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), pedestrian protection, grid point, correction factor, HIC
(head injury criterion) tolerance, principle of assessment