Federal Roof Crush Standards

The nhtsa estimates that roof crush resulting from automobile rollover crashes results in thousands of injuries each year including well over 500 deaths.

Federal roof crush standards.

The federal government wants to expand the reach of its roof crush rules aimed at protecting passengers in rollover crashes. National highway traffic safety. Federal motor vehicle safety standards. Applicable unless a vehicle is certified to 571 216a.

Federal motor vehicle safety standards. The purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries due to the crushing of the roof into the occupant compartment in rollover crashes. Roof crush resistance agency. First for the vehicles currently subject to the standard i e.

49 cfr parts 571 and 585216 as part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the risk of rollover crashes and the risk of death and serious injury in those crashes this final rule upgrades the agency s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways. But the move would cover just one additional model. The national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa has recently announced that new regulations governing federal roof standards will become effective in the future and will provide greater protection against roof crush injuries. Federal motor vehicle safety standard fmvss no.

For the vehicles currently subject to the standard passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles trucks and buses with a gvwr of 2 722 kilograms 6 000 pounds or less the rule doubles the amount of force the vehicle s roof. This standard established strength requirements for the roof structure over the front occupants of passenger cars with a gross vehicle weight rating gvwr of 6 000 pounds or less. Barry felrice federal register december 27 1994 federal register. Cfr title 49 section 571 216a standard no.

This standard establishes strength requirements for the passenger compartment roof. Federal motor vehicle safety standards. 216 roof crush resistance. Federal motor vehicle safety standards.

Upgraded standard of the electronic code of federal regulations. 216 roof crush resistance became effective on september 1 1973. December 27 1994 department of transportation national highway traffic safety administration 49 cfr part 571 docket no. Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking snprm.

Notice 01 rin 2127 af40 federal motor vehicle safety standards.