E Thehiloe ho 1997, United Kingdom, "Lenaneo la European New Car Assessment Program" ke lenaneo la Europe la polokeho ea likoloi, leo hajoale le tšehelitsoeng ka lichelete ke European Union. Ho latela mohlala o hlahisitsoeng ke USA ka 1979, Euro NCAP ke mokhatlo o ikemetseng o ikarabellang bakeng sa ho lekola maemo a polokeho ea makoloi a rekisoang Europe.
Tekanyetso ea polokeho ea koloi e arotsoe ka mekhahlelo e mene: tšireletso ea batho ba baholo (mokhanni le mopalami), tšireletso ea bana, tšireletso ea batsamai ka maoto le polokeho e thusang.
Lintlha tsa ho qetela tsa sehlopha ka seng li lekantsoe ka linaleli:
- naleli e bolela hore koloi e na le tšireletso e fokolang ea kotsi
- linaleli tse hlano li emela koloi e nang le theknoloji e tsoetseng pele le boemo bo botle ba polokeho.
Ho tloha ka 2009, ho fanoe ka mekhahlelo e akaretsang ea polokeho, ho ela hloko lihlopha tsohle. Kahoo, hoa khoneha ho tseba hore na ke likoloi life tse sireletsehileng ka ho fetisisa sehlopheng ka seng.
Ho hlahloba boemo ba polokeho ea koloi ea hau, etela sebaka sa marang-rang sa Euro NCAP (feela bakeng sa likoloi tse qalileng ho tloha ka 1997 ho ea pele).