Howsafeisyourcar.com.au has been developed to provide car buyers with independent information about the safety of the new and used cars on the Australian market. Cars are given a one to five star rating (five being the highest), based on results from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) for new cars or Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR) which are an analysis of real world crash data. Our site provides safety ratings for approximately 80% of the cars being driven on Australian roads, however this represents only about a third of the models available on the Australian market.
This website has been developed and is maintained by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) Victoria.
The TAC is a Victorian Government-owned organisation established in 1986. Its role is to pay for treatment and benefits for people injured in transport accidents. It is also involved in promoting road safety in Victoria and in improving Victoria's trauma system.
Funding used by the TAC to perform these functions comes from payments made by Victorian motorists when they register their cars each year with VicRoads.
The data contained on this website is sourced from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) and the Used Car Safety Ratings (UCSR) program which are supported by Australian and New Zealand automobile clubs and the State Government road and transport authorities in Victoria, Queensland, NSW, Western Australia and South Australia, the New Zealand Government and the Australian Federal Government.
The TAC acknowledges these organisations for their assistance in developing this site:
RACV VicRoads Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC)Australian Automobile Association
NRMA (NSW) RACQ (QLD) RTANZ Transport Agency (New Zealand) RAC TasmaniaDepartment of Transport and Main Roads QueenslandNew Zealand Automobile Association IncTransport SARAA (South Australia)Office of Road Safety (WA)
Car safety feature information provided on this web site is supplied by R. L. Polk Australia. R. L. Polk Australia is one of three companies that comprise the R. L. Polk Asia Pacific operating division of R. L. Polk & Co. R. L. Polk & Co. is a global company which provides automotive information and marketing solutions to the automotive world and related industries.
Use of Polk Vehicle Data is subject to terms and conditions (pdf 12k)
The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) today released 5 star crash test ratings for the Subaru Impreza, the Subaru XV and the Toyota Camry.
ANCAP Chair, Mr Lauchlan McIntosh, said anyone looking to purchase a Subaru or Toyota can do so with the confidence that there is a model with a 5 star ANCAP safety rating.
Choose a car that could save your life.
If it doesn’t have Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and Curtain Airbags cross it off your list.