GRSP-57-12
Pedestrian safety bumper test area

OICA comments and concerns regarding the generally accepted proposal for the definition of the bumper test area for use with the Flex-PLI lower leg impactor. The document raises issues concerning limitations of the test procedure and notes that the new requirements would have a significant impact on bumper design such that the transitional period for implementation should be 2019 to allow for a full vehicle development cycle.

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GRSP | Session 57 | 18-22 May 2015

28. Referring to the decision held under agenda item 3(a) (see para. 6.), the expert from EC introduced GRSP-57-16-Rev.1 (superseding ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, GRSP-57-12 and GRSP-57-13), introducing the new bumper test method and the definition of bumper beam and meeting the needs expressed by the expert from OICA at the December 2014 session of GRSP. GRSP adopted ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2015/8, as amended by Annex IV (including GRSP-57-16-Rev.1) to this report. The secretariat was requested to submit the proposal to WP.29 and AC.1 for consideration and vote at their November 2015 sessions, as draft 02 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 127.