68. Germany proposed establishing an IWG on AEBS and introduced the related terms of reference (GRVA-24-14), co-tabled with Japan. The representative of Japan highlighted that Japan recorded its lowest number of road-traffic fatalities in 2025, that this result was due to the efforts of all parties involved in road safety and that according to the evaluations, AEBS had contributed to this reduction. The representative of the United States of America supported establishing the IWG and proposed broadening its scope beyond UN Regulation No. 152 and beyond the 1958 Agreement, noting that Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement could benefit and contribute data. The representative of China also supported establishing the group and including Contracting Parties to the 1998 Agreement, stressing the global relevance of the issue. He informed GRVA of the Chinese AEBS national standard published in December 2025. The representative of Canada noted that their testing beyond formal protocols revealed performance drops under certain conditions, for example, pedestrian clothing colours, with blue pants and black shirts yielding the best performance. He also suggested reflecting on GRVA’s structure. GRVA also discussed the need to introduce UN Regulation No. 151 on Blind Spot Information System (BSIS) in the scope of the considerations as it was identified that road crashes with vulnerable road users could be avoided if BSIS were to apply the brakes in addition to provide a warning to the driver. GRVA requested the secretariat to insert it under agenda item 7 and agreed to inform WP.29/AC.2 in March 2026.

69. GRVA adopted GRVA-24-14/Rev.2 as reproduced in annex VI to the session report and agreed to establish new IWG on AEBS.

70. The representative of SAE International supported the establishment of the IWG on AEBS and volunteered to serve as secretary or co-secretary; the representative of OICA also volunteered. He cautioned that expanding test protocols required consideration of the risk of increased false positives.