The agenda includes a wrap up of EDO discussion during the 79th session of GRSP, authorization to amend GTR 1 and 14, transformation of the task force into an IWG, submission of working documents on amendments to UN R11 including Korea proposal about intuitiveness images and German proposal about amendments to UN R100, any other homework of 5th EDO meeting, amendments to UN R21, reflection on comments during 79th session of GRSP, remaining homework for 6th EDO meeting in Paris, and next meetings.

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.

Emergency Door Opening Task Force reports transformation to Informal Working Group based on GRSP-79-18. Amendments to UN R11 require doors providing direct occupant access equipped with intuitively accessible exterior and interior latch release controls and door handles. Power-assisted systems must remain functional for 60 minutes after power loss via secondary mechanical means, backup power, or fail-safe systems. New test procedures verify door operability following emergency power loss events from interior and exterior. Amendments to UN R21 require electric front side windows to function for at least 2 minutes during vehicle submergence, with test procedures specified in new annexes.

Report on the development of amendments concerning the H-point machine and MR1.

Technical appendices supporting amendments to the three dimensional (3-D) “H” point machine test tool provisions and their harmonisation under Mutual Resolution 1.

Proposal to update references to the three-dimensional “H” point measurement and calibration procedure pursuant to the transposition of these provisions into Mutual Resolution No. 1.

Request for authorization to develop amendments to remove references to the three-Dimensional “H”-point machine and to move its drawings and specifications to Mutual Resolution No. 1.

Explanation of the steps taken to transpose the provisions of GTR No. 14 into a type-approval UN Regulation on pole side-impact protection, including discussion of the scope, impact side, treatment of hydrogen vehicles, and proposal for a 01 series of amendments that would entail a 26 km/h impact speed for narrow vehicles initially before the amendments would bring narrow vehicles into line with other vehicles at 32 km/h.

Draft version of the proposed UN Regulation that would transpose Global Technical Regulation No. 14 on pole side-impact protection into the type-approval system of the 1958 Agreement. This draft is presented for informational purposes only pending submission of a final document for consideration by the GRSP.

Proposal of two amendments needed to enable the United States to vote in favor of the draft GTR. First, the document allows contracting parties the option of an alternate procedure for adjusting the seat and positioning the dummy based on that used by the United States during its WorldSID research. Second, the document allows contracting parties to modify the injury criteria in the GTR based on cost/benefit analysis for their own country, but using the same injury risk curves used to develop the injury criteria in the GTR.

“Assessment of the need for, and the likely benefits of, enhanced side impact protection in the form of a Pole Side Impact Global Technical Regulation”: final report from the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC).

The intention of this report is to supplement procedural information on the development of the GTR included in the Part I (Statement of technical rationale and justification) of the GTR and to provide further details on the informal working group.

Text as approved by the Working Party on Passive Safety (GRSP) at its fifty-third session to introduce a new UN Global Technical Regulation (UN GTR) on pole side impact protection.

Changes proposed by the WP.29 secretariat pursuant to discussions in GRSP to enable the adoption of the PSI GTR in November while finalization of the test dummy specification to be added to Mutual Resolution No. 1 and resolution of the use of ISO standards remain pending.

Changes proposed by the WP.29 secretariat pursuant to discussions in GRSP to enable the adoption of the GTR in November while finalization of the test dummy specification to be added to Mutual Resolution No. 1 and resolution of the use of ISO standards remain pending.

New pole side impact GTR presented as a prelude to its formal presentation for an adoption vote at the November 2013 WP.29 session.

Draft GTR presented for consideration to the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Proposal to include a paragraph presenting French cost-benefit data for improved side impact protection in light vehicles. France does not believe PSI is beneficial to commercial vehicles.

Proposed changes to the draft global technical regulation on pole side-impact protection.

Proposal to correct and refine the draft global technical regulation on pole side-impact protection (document GRSP/2013/7) by the chair of the PSI informal working group.

Draft text for a global technical regulation on pole side-impact protection, including markup of revisions from the earlier text.

Text of the proposed new regulation on pole side impact prepared by Australia on behalf of the GRSP expert group on Pole Side Impact (PSI). Text in brackets remains to be added and/or developed further by the PSI expert group under GRSP guidance.

Assessment of the need for, and the likely benefits of, enhanced side impact protection in the form of a Pole Side Impact Global Technical Regulation

In Australian and Canadian testing, the WorldSID 50th percentile male dummy responses indicated a significantly lower AIS 3+ thorax injury risk for the Canadian vehicle. This presentation includes further results and analysis to investigate and explain the differences.

Japanese Proposal for Narrow Vehicles (Kei Cars, Etc.) (Impact Velocity)

Further injury risk analysis and the cost-effectiveness of enhanced side impact protection in the form of a GTR for PSI crashes.

Update of country safety need data in support of pole side impact protection standards consideration.

NHTSA WorldSID 50th Pole Side Impact Tests.

Summary of Rib Deflection Responses from Pole Side Impact Tests using WorldSID 50th percentile dummy with RibEye.

Working draft of the proposed GTR on pole side-impact protection (PSI), presented to the Working Party on Passive Safety to solicit comments and input to the PSI informal group.

Report from the Pole Side Impact GTR informal group session held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Monash University Injury Research Institute Accident Research Centre crash data analysis.

Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BaST) presentation of German In-Depth data analysis (GIDAS).

Paired comparisons of 29 km/h perpendicular and 32 km/h oblique pole side impact tests with WorldSID 50th percentile adult male ATDs.

OICA cost assessments based on studies from EEVC and NHTSA.

Presentation on Japanese investigations and crash testing concerning very light vehicles (kei-cars) performance in pole side impacts.

Worldwide accident injury and fatality data pertinent to pole side impact protection as compiled by OICA.

OICA proposal for exemption of Category 2 vehicles from the pole side impact GTR.

Presentation on the effect of various impact alignment tolerances on test results.

Progress report for presentation to the December 2011 session of the Working Party on Passive Safety.

Position paper on the inclusion of light commercial vehicles and trucks within the scope of the proposed GTR on pole side-impact protection.

Options for addressing gap in readiness between WorldSID male 50th and WorldSID female 5th in drafting the Pole Side Impact GTR.

Analysis of Australian National Crash In-Depth Study (ANCIS) data with regard to pole side impact cases by angle of impact.

Presentation on Japanese pole side impact testing proposal for very light vehicles (kei-cars).