Text prepared by the informal expert group on the Phase 2 development of the GTR on pedestrian safety to introduce the new FlexPLI lower legform test tool into the test procedures.

Proposal of amendments to address various concerns and reflect the outcomes of discussions with the experts from EC, Japan, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, United States of America and OICA.

Text prepared by the European Commission and Germany to align the test requirements of UN GTR No. 9 Phase 2 with those of Amendment 2 to the UN GTR concerning the determination of the headform test points.

Presentation of US concerns regarding proposed definitions for locating the point of measurement (i.e. measuring point, target point, and first contact point definitions) within the test zone, changes to the test zone boundaries to clarify the adult and child Head Injury Criterion (HIC) zones, and to amend the leg form test procedure to align the leg form center plane with its measuring point.

[Note: the reference to document GRSP/2011/12 does not appear to correspond with the content of the US statement. Rather, the remarks align more closely with document GRSP-54-07/Rev.1 proposing changes to the draft amendment as presented in document GRSP/2013/25).]

Statement of US concerns with the draft amendment to introduce the Flex PLI test tool into GTR No. 9 (document GRSP/2013/25) in particular with regard to the use of the injury assessment reference values (IARVs). US definition of the IARV will be dependent upon the outcome of a US cost-benefit analysis based upon the characteristics of the American vehicle population. The US cannot accept injury curves that do not fall within what is justifiable according to US traffic conditions.

The draft amendment to introduce the Flex PLI test tool as updated in the informal working group meeting of 16 – 17 December 2013.

Updated draft amendment as revised during the 16-17 December 2013 session of the Informal Group on GTR 9-Phase 2. The amendment would introduce the Flex PLI lower legform impactor and related test procedures into the GTR on pedestrian safety protection.

Updated draft amendment as revised during the 16-17 December 2013 session of the Informal Group on GTR 9-Phase 2. The amendment would introduce the Flex PLI lower legform impactor and related test procedures into the GTR on pedestrian safety protection.

Draft report in support of the proposed amendment to the pedestrian safety GTR that would introduce the Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI) test tool.

Draft report of the GTR 9 expert group in support of the proposed amendment to the pedestrian safety GTR that would introduce the Flexible Pedestrian Legform Impactor (Flex-PLI) test tool.