#42026X1075UN Regulation No. 94 on frontal collision protection for vehicle occupants
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This regulation sets frontal crash safety approval rules for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. It covers how vehicles must be tested, how restraint systems and airbags are assessed, and how manufacturers must show that vehicles protect occupants in a frontal collision. The practical impact is mainly on vehicle manufacturers, technical testing services, and type-approval authorities. Companies seeking approval for covered vehicle types must meet the crash-test requirements, provide user instructions for airbag-equipped vehicles, and maintain production consistency after approval.
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Key Changes
- Consolidates the valid text of UN Regulation No. 94 up to Supplement 1 to the 05 series of amendments.
- Confirms frontal collision protection requirements for category M1 vehicles up to 3,500 kg and category N1 vehicles up to 2,500 kg.
- Sets approval, testing, production conformity, and user-instruction requirements for covered vehicle types.
Obligations
What this law requires
Manufacturers seeking approval for covered vehicle types must apply for type approval under UN Regulation No 94 for occupant protection in a frontal collision before placing the vehicle type through the approval process.
Covered vehicle types must satisfy the Regulation’s frontal collision crash-test specifications, including assessment of occupant protection and restraint-system performance during the prescribed test procedure.
Vehicles equipped with airbags must be supplied with user instructions concerning the airbag equipment.
Manufacturers must maintain conformity of production after approval so that produced vehicles continue to conform to the approved vehicle type and the Regulation’s frontal-collision protection requirements.
Any modification of an approved vehicle type must be submitted for modification or extension of the existing approval rather than treated as automatically covered by the original approval.