Proposal of a research project to assist the ACSF informal group in the development of provisions for the approval of lane-keeping and lane-change assistance and other ACSF systems.

TRL response to a European Commission request to comment on the draft on-highway, low-speed automated lane-keeping systems regulation.

“In depth cost-effectiveness analysis of the identified measures and features regarding the way forward for EU vehicle safety”: In 2015, the European Commission published the report conducted by TRL: “Benefit and Feasibility of a Range of new Technologies and Unregulated Measures in the Fields of Occupant Safety and Protection of Vulnerable Road Users”. The report considered more than 50 safety measures that could be implemented as part of the amendment to the General Safety Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 661/2009) and the Pedestrian Safety Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 78/2009). This TRL study reviews in more detail the 24 candidate measures selected by the Commission for potential inclusion in the regulations.

EU General Safety Regulation 5: AEBS–Proportion of M1 vehicles likely to pass the vehicle to pedestrian test of proposed draft regulation.

Table proposing scope and testing of triggering behavior, crash resistance, and post-crash performance within the scopes of UN R94, UN R95, and UN R12 as well as component-only testing.

Update on the TRL project to support the EC in developing type approval test procedures, including for in-vehicle systems.

Presentation of TRL concerns over interference of vehicle doors with load cells in child restraint testing.

Presentation on the TRL research program to support the European Commission during the second phase development of the regulation on “Enhanced Child Restraint Systems” on areas such as definitions, performance criteria and test methods for non-integral CRS with ISOFIX attachments, the test pulse for frontal impact, how best to apply recognised and accepted injury criteria related to the Q-Series dummies, and other issues related to validation of the regulation (such as the side impact test procedure).

Review of UN R129 testing with regard to child dummy performance, submarining, pelvic/abdominal measurements, and injury criteria.

Summary of investigations into belt slippage (clavicle and neck) and chest deflection to define areas for improvement of the test procedures under UN R129.

Presentation on TRL research undertaken on behalf of the European Commission to improve the capacity of UN Regulation 129 to differentiate between non-integral child restraint systems, especially via parameters for chest and abdomen loading.

Presentation of TRL research into optimal belt routing for non-integral enhanced child restraint systems, applicable to Q3, Q6, and Q10 dummies, for use in UN R129.

Proposal to extend requirements for the maximum dimensions of shoulder height to non-integral enhanced CRS.

Update on testing of Q10 child ATD with new hip liner design.

Presentation on the Ecorys/TRL EPPR study project.

TRL/ECORYS Report: "International L-category approval in the area of environmental and propulsion performance requirements-Revision of UN Regulations and Global technical regulations: Mid-term report on the progress of the project

Updated presentation on the TRL/ECORYS study on environmental and propulsion
performance requirements for motorcycles and other L-category vehicles under the auspices of the European Commission.

Published report by TRL/ECORYS under a contract from the European Commission to assess the expected impact (cost/benefit) of the proposals for global technical regulations to address fuel-efficiency, emissions, and related performance characteristics of motorcycles and related L-category vehicles.