Ms Meyerson presented a summary of the technical rationale for the US FMVSS 214 pole test (PSI-01-10).

Mr Langner presented a summary of the EEVC accident data analysis of side impacts with poles on behalf of EEVC WG13 and EEVC WG21 (PSI-01-11).

Although the US had determined oblique pole impacts to be the most common, and EEVC had determined perpendicular impacts to be the most common, it was noted by several members of the Informal Group that 9 and 3 o’clock (perpendicular) principal direction of force impact classifications have a range of ±15 degrees, and a 75 degree oblique pole impact is therefore exactly on the division between 2 and 3 o’clock, and 9 and 10 o’clock.

Mr Terrell presented a summary sheet of crash tests relevant to the activities of the Informal Group, and noted that Australia, Japan, and the US had provided details of crash tests conducted that could be useful for the development of a pole side impact GTR (PSI-01-12).

Mr Hogan asked the members of the Informal Group to provide details of any relevant crash tests they had conducted, or will conduct in the future, which might assist the pole side impact GTR development process.