Workshop on equitable occupant protection addressing frontal impact safety. The document summarizes consensus from the 2025 Graz workshop on equity issues in frontal crashes, including higher injury risks for females in lower-speed crashes and at specific injury severity levels, age-dependent fatality risk variations, and injury pattern differences across body regions. Hypotheses for equity issues include occupant physiological characteristics, seatbelt and seat interaction, airbag interaction, and varying injury tolerances with age and sex. The Tokyo workshop aims to develop conceptual ideas for assessing robustness of occupant protection across human and crash-condition variability, define robustness, identify regulatory concepts to address equity issues, establish a roadmap of regulatory solutions, and create an action plan for highest-priority issues.

Proposal to amend para. 5.3.1. to clarify the direction of the force applied to verify that the door has not been opened during the test. The requirement is deemed fulfilled if the door does not open under a static tractive force of at least 400 N in the y-direction applied to the door, as close as possible to the window sill and to the edge of the door opposite to the hinged side, except to the door handle itself. This clarification applies to all different types of doors, including doors which open vertically or sliding doors.

Proposal to amend references to the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3) as document ECE/TRANS/WP.29/78/Rev.8, insert definitions regarding Software Identification Numbers, require manufacturers to provide information on software versions and system parameters to the Technical Service for approval tests, allow vehicle manufacturers to apply for new approvals to differentiate software versions for registered and new vehicles while avoiding duplication of tests, clarify that production is not deemed discontinued when obtaining extensions for software updates, and insert additional information paragraphs in Annexes regarding software identification and updates across UN R11, UN R12, UN R14, UN R16, UN R17, UN R21, UN R94, UN R95, UN R100, UN R127, UN R134, UN R135, UN R137, UN R145, UN R153, UN R173, UN R174, and UN R184.

Task force in-session amendments to the proposal to establish uniform provisions for approval of vehicles of category N₁Y regarding protection of fuel system integrity, protection against electrical shock, and vehicle crash compatibility. Requirements address liquid fuel leakage limits, compressed hydrogen storage system integrity including leakage rates and container retention, high voltage electrical system protection through absence of high voltage, low electrical energy, physical protection, or isolation resistance, electrolyte leakage limits for rechargeable energy storage systems, REESS retention, fire and explosion hazards, and crash compatibility criteria. Testing includes frontal collision per UN R94 or UN R137, lateral collision per UN R95, and rear-end collision per UN R153. Vehicles derived from approved N₁ types complying with specified series may demonstrate compliance through previous test results.

Proposal to establish a new UN Regulation for approval of vehicles of category N₁Y regarding fuel system integrity, electrical shock protection, and crash compatibility. The regulation specifies requirements for frontal, rear-end, and lateral collision tests based on existing UN Regulations (No. 94, 95, 137, and 153), with provisions for liquid fuel leakage limits, hydrogen fuel system integrity including shut-off valve closure and leakage rate limits, electrical protection from high voltage systems, REESS retention and fire hazard prevention, and crash compatibility criteria and values determined from longitudinal acceleration measurements.

Proposal to establish uniform provisions for type approval of vehicles of category N₁Y regarding fuel system integrity, electrical shock protection, and crash compatibility in frontal, lateral, and rear-end collisions. Requirements cover fuel leakage limits, hydrogen storage system integrity post-crash, high voltage electrical safety, REESS protection, and crash compatibility criteria. Tests reference UN R94, UN R95, UN R137, and UN R153. Vehicles derived from already-approved types may use previous test results if mass increase does not exceed 8 per cent. Approval marks and type approval procedures follow standard 1958 Agreement schedules.

List of documents for the eightieth session of the Working Party on Passive Safety scheduled for Geneva, 7–11 December 2026. Documents include proposals for:

• Amendment 3 to UN GTR 1,
• A new UN Regulation for M₂ and M₃ vehicles to prevent children being left inside,
• A 05 series of amendments to UN R11,
• A 02 series of amendments to UN R21,
• Supplement 4 to the 06 series of amendments to UN R22,
• A 06 series of amendments to UN R129,
• Supplement 2 to the 03 series of amendments to UN R134,
• Supplement 03 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R145,
• Supplement 1 to the 01 series of amendments to UN R170,
• A 02 series of amendments to UN R173,
• A new UN Regulation for category N₁ vehicles regarding fuel system integrity and crash compatibility,
• Supplement 3 to the original series of amendments to UN R42,
• Supplement 5 to the 04 series of amendments to UN R127,
• Amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 94, 95, 100, 127, 134, 135, 137, 153, 173, 174 and 184.

Proposal to amend UN Regulations Nos. 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 21, 94, 95, 100, 127, 134, 135, 137, 153, 173, 174 and 184 to incorporate provisions related to RXSWIN in accordance with revision 8 of the Consolidated Resolution on the Construction of Vehicles (R.E.3). The amendments insert provisions regarding Software Identification Number definitions, manufacturer information requirements for approval tests, vehicle approval applications for software version differentiation, production discontinuation rules for software updates, and additional information on software identification and updates. Amendments are to enter into force in early 2028.

Work in progress clean draft proposal to establish a new UN Regulation on crashworthiness of vehicles of category N₁Y with regard to protection of fuel system integrity, protection against electrical shock and vehicle crash compatibility in the event of frontal, rear-end and lateral collision. The regulation applies to vehicles of category N₁Y and specifies test procedures for frontal, lateral and rear-end collisions based on UN R94, UN R95, UN R137 and UN R153. Requirements include fuel system integrity with no more than slight leakage or continuous leakage not exceeding 30 g/min, hydrogen leakage rate not exceeding 118 NL per minute, protection against electrical shock through absence of high voltage, low electrical energy, physical protection or isolation resistance, electrolyte leakage limits, REESS retention and fire hazard prevention, and crash compatibility criteria with Crash Compatibility Criterion not exceeding 40–45 g and Crash Compatibility Value not exceeding 100–120 gt.

Provisional agenda for GRSP’s eightieth session to be held 7–11 December 2026 in Geneva. The session will address UN Global Technical Regulations No. 1, 13, and 20; UN Regulations Nos. 11, 17, 21, 22, 95, 100, 127, 129, 134, 145, 170, 173, and 174; a new UN Regulation and authorization request for a GTR on children left in vehicles; collective amendments to UN Regulations affecting automated vehicles; Mutual Resolution No. 1; equitable occupant protection; and other business items including vehicle automation, software updates, airbags, child restraint systems, and bus protection.

Proposal to insert a new para. 0.2. clarifying the assessment procedure for door opening and permitting the use of an external vehicle lift when a vehicle needs to be returned to its wheels following the side impact test to comply with workshop health and safety requirements, and insert a new para. 5.3.3.1.1. providing that if necessary the vehicle shall be put back on its wheels and paragraphs 5.3.3. and 5.3.3.1. shall apply once in this condition.

Proposal to:

• Insert a new Introduction section clarifying the assessment procedure for door opening and permitting the use of an external vehicle lift to return a vehicle to its wheels following the side impact test in compliance with workshop health and safety requirements,
• Insert a new para. 5.3.3.1.1. specifying that if necessary the vehicle shall be put back on its wheels and paragraphs 5.3.3. and 5.3.3.1. shall apply.

Proposal to insert a new introduction section clarifying the assessment procedure for door opening and permitting use of external vehicle lifts to return vehicles to their wheels following side impact testing for workshop health and safety compliance, and insert a new paragraph 5.3.3.1.1. specifying that when necessary the vehicle shall be put back on its wheels and paragraphs 5.3.3. and 5.3.3.1. shall apply.

Session report of WP.29 (World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations), its Administrative Committee of the 1958 Agreement (AC.1), Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3), and Administrative Committee of the 1997 Agreement (AC.4) held 23-26 June 2026 in Geneva. AC.1 voted on 92 amendments to existing UN Regulations, one corrigendum to UN Regulation No. 79, and three new UN Regulations (Nos. 184-186) on liquid hydrogen vehicle safety, automated driving systems, and tyre abrasion performance. AC.3 established UN GTR on automated driving systems and adopted corrigendum to UN GTR No. 9 and Amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13. WP.29 extended mandates of several informal working groups and noted accession of Mongolia and Armenia to the 1958 and 1997 Agreements respectively.

The Informal Working Group on Emergency Door Opening (IWG-EDO) will develop amendments to UN Regulations Nos. 11 and 21 and request authorization to amend UN GTR No. 1 and UN GTR No. 14, with a draft for submission to GRSP’s 80th session. In a second step, it will develop amendments for further post-crash extrication requirements for UN Regulations Nos. 94, 95, 135 and 137 and UN GTR No. 1 and 14, with a draft for submission to GRSP’s 82nd session. The group will be chaired by Germany with the Republic of Korea as Vice-Chair and OICA providing the Secretariat.

Australia proposes examining the case to bring UN R95 in line with Euro NCAP by establishing an ad-hoc group of interested experts to consider a more representative test barrier and dummy, allow flexibility to update Euro NCAP protocols, further consider alternative or additional equitable dummy choice and addition of a near-side rear occupant to UN R95, and examine more advanced barriers with improved dummy bio-fidelity and alternative injury assessment.

Proposal to insert new paragraphs 0.2. and 0.2.1. to clarify the assessment procedure for door opening and permit the use of an external vehicle lift to return a vehicle to its wheels following the side impact test for workshop health and safety compliance, and insert new para. 5.3.3.1.1. to specify that if necessary the vehicle shall be put back on its wheels and paragraphs 5.3.3. and 5.3.3.1. shall apply once in this condition.

Proposal to enable application to vehicles of category X, including clarifications to test procedures for asymmetric side structures and specifications for category X vehicles. In manual driving mode no special provisions or exemptions apply; in a mode where an ADS feature is active, the relevant ADS requirements apply. The regulation does not apply to vehicles of category Y.