Euro NCAP Safe Driving - Driver Engagement Protocol (v1.1)
Euro NCAP Safe Driving Driver Engagement Protocol
| Issuing body | EuroNCAP |
|---|---|
| Committees | Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) |
| First issued | 2025 |
| Latest revision | 2025 |
| Status | active |
| Category | industry |
| Topics | adas_effectiveness, dms_validation, drowsiness, visual_manual |
| Reference | https://cdn.euroncap.com/cars/assets/euro_ncap_protocol_safe_driving_driver_engagement_v11_a30e874152.pdf |
Scope
Part of Euro NCAP's 2026 Safe Driving methodology. Specifies test and assessment methods for keeping the driver engaged: continuous eye- and head-tracking for distraction and drowsiness/fatigue detection, identification of drug/alcohol impairment signs, linking driver-state information to ADAS sensitivity, HMI design that reduces gaze diversion and over-reliance on automation, and safe-stop response when the driver is unresponsive.
Related Papers (20)
- European NCAP Program Developments to Address Driver Distraction, Drowsiness and Sudden Sickness ↗ · 2021 · paper relates to standard · 0.80 (embedding)
- European NCAP Driver State Monitoring Protocols: Prevalence of Distraction in Naturalistic Driving ↗ · 2023 · paper relates to standard · 0.76 (embedding)
- Driver Engagement · 2023 · paper relates to standard · 0.74 (embedding)
- Assessing driver engagement in assisted driving: Insights from Pilot Evaluation, Focus Groups and driving simulator testing · 2024 · paper relates to standard · 0.74 (embedding)
- Some On-Road Glances are More Equal Than Others: Measuring Engagement in the Driving Task ↗ · 2019 · paper relates to standard · 0.70 (embedding)
- Potential for driver attention monitoring system development · 1984 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- Survey and Synthesis of State of the Art in Driver Monitoring · 2021 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- What do we mean by cognitive load? Towards more accurate definition of the term for better identification by driver monitoring systems ↗ · 2023 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- An Evaluation of Emerging Driver Fatigue Detection Measures and Technologies [Final report] · 2009 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- Potential for driver attention monitoring system development · 1985 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- Development of a Monitoring System for Driver Readiness in Prolonged Automated Driving · 2024 · paper relates to standard · 0.69 (embedding)
- Improving Driver Engagement During L2 Automation: A Pilot Study · 2019 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- In-Vehicle Drowsy Driving Detection and Alerting [Traffic Tech] · 2023 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- A multimodal driver monitoring benchmark dataset for driver modeling in assisted driving automation · 2024 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- Development and Assessment of a Driver Drowsiness Monitoring System · 2012 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- Intelligent driver monitoring systems: a survey of drowsiness detection technologies for road safety ↗ · 2026 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- Advanced Driver Fatigue Research · 2008 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- Assessment of a drowsy driver warning system for heavy-vehicle drivers : final report · 2009 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- Wakefulness-Keeping Effect and Driving Safety by Active Action While Driving · 2017 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)
- In-vehicle Drowsy Driving Detection and Alerting · 2023 · paper relates to standard · 0.68 (embedding)