UN R137: Proposal for the 02 series of amendments
Document GRSP-66-36
11 December 2019

Proposal to amend the requirements concerning post-crash electrical safety in the event of frontal collision. The proposal aligns post-crash electrical safety requirements with GTR 20 and aligns administrative provisions with Revision 3 of the 1958 Agreement. The amendments would not affect approvals for vehicles without high-voltage electric power trains.

Submitted by Japan
Status: Superseded
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Previous Documents, Discussions, and Outcomes
14. | UN Regulation No. 137 (Frontal impact with focus on restraint systems)

25. GRSP resumed discussion on a proposal (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2020/7) that had been tabled by the experts from Japan and the European Commission on behalf of the Task Force to amend the requirements on post-crash electrical safety in the event of full frontal impact (see paragraphs 16, 18 and 19). The expert from Japan introduced GRSP-67-18-Rev.1 on amendment to the definition of REESS. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2020/7, as amended by Annex IX to the session report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal as the draft 02 series of amendment to UN Regulation No. 137, for consideration and vote at the November 2020 sessions of WP.29 and AC.1.

24. | UN Regulation No. 137 (Frontal impact with focus on restraint systems)

46. The expert from Japan as per agenda items 15, 16 and 17 introduced a presentation (GRSP-66-29) to explain GRSP-66-36 on aligning UN Regulation No. 137 to the provisions of UN GTR No. 20. He added that his administration aimed to propose a new series of amendments with the chest deflection criterion limit of 34 mm of the female dummy in N1 vehicles not exceeding 2.8 tons. GRSP agreed to resume discussion on this agenda item to its May 2020 session, awaiting comments from its experts on GRSP-66-36.

Related and Previous Documents
GRSP/2020/7
Relates to 1958 Agreement | GTR No. 20 | UN R137 |