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GRSP/79 Passive Safety: Report of the 79th (June 2026) session

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10. UN Regulation No. 95 (Lateral collision protection)

17. The expert from OICA introduced informal document GRSP-79-21 amending ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRSP/2025/42, 45 and 46, to allow putting the vehicle back on its wheels in case of overturning during the collision test in order to allow door openings. All experts that spoke agreed with the proposal except the expert from France, who raised concerns with regard to putting the vehicle back on its wheels after UN Regulation No. 95 impact to test door opening at the opposite side of the impact, as this may not represent real life accidents. He requested to have more time to analyse the issue with rescue services, OICA, and other Contracting Parties, and to come back at the next session. GRSP adopted informal document GRSP-79-21 (as reproduced in annex III), with the above reservation from France, and requested the secretariat to submit it as proposals for supplement 3 to 04 series of amendments, supplement 5 to the 05 series of amendments and supplement 3 to the 06 series of amendments to UN Regulation No. 95 to the June 2026 sessions of WP.29 and the Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1).

18. The expert from Australia delivered a presentation (informal document GRSP-79-30) to continue the discussion, initiated in the previous GRSP session by the expert from the Russian Federation, on a potential increase in the mass of the mobile deformable barrier (MDB) used in UN Regulation No. 95. He shared data on the increase of the mass of the fleet of vehicles in his country and argued in favour of increasing the mass of the MDB. He volunteered to organise a meeting of interested experts to develop a proposal, potentially using the MDB currently employed in EuroNCAP testing (AE-MDB). Several experts took the floor to support the initiative and indicate their intention to participate. The expert from OICA asked if this would be a topic that could be tackled by the IWG on Equitable Occupant Protection (IWG-EqOP). The expert from Sweden indicated that IWG-EqOP already had a full agenda, but that she would be ready to support Australia if needed.