EqOP-15-02
Equitable Occupant Protection: Minutes of the 15th (March 2026) session
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23 Apr 2026
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The 15th meeting of the UN GRSP IWG Equitable Occupant Protection was held on March 24, 2026, with 35 online participants. The agenda and minutes of the 14th meeting were approved. Two informal documents, GRSP-78-07 and GRSP-78-08, were presented to GRSP 78 and discussed. Three operational Task Forces on rear-end assessment, virtual crash testing, and frontal impact and restraint systems were reviewed. Each Task Force is invited to structure identified topics by prioritizing them and assigning a short, medium, or long-term horizon, and to map contributions within the Task Force clarifying roles and areas of expertise. The 16th IWG online meeting is scheduled for May 18, 10–12 CEST.

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GRSP | Session 78 | 1-4 Dec 2025

48. The expert from Sweden presented the status report of the IWG on Equitable Occupant Protection (IWG-EqOP). She recalled the three top priorities which had been endorsed by GRSP in its 76th session and detailed the progress made by the group since the 77th session of GRSP and its next steps. She informed GRSP that they had developed a dashboard to make it easier to follow the work of the group1. She encouraged interested experts to read the report on equity issues and hypotheses in frontal impacts (informal document GRSP-78-07). The expert from OICA reiterated the suggestion made in previous sessions to keep the work of the group focused and prioritized.