United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2011_register executive 2011-01-19 article Part II Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c800732e D09002ee1c8007407 United States Department of Transportation originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This final rule establishes a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 226, "Ejection Mitigation," to reduce the partial and complete ejection of vehicle occupants through side windows in crashes, particularly rollover crashes. The standard applies to the side windows next to the first three rows of seats, and to a portion of the cargo area behind the first or second rows, in motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,536 kilogram (kg) or less (10,000 pounds (lb) or less). To assess compliance, the agency is adopting a test in which an impactor is propelled from inside a test vehicle toward the windows. The ejection mitigation safety system is required to prevent the impactor from moving more than a specified distance beyond the plane of a window. To ensure that the systems cover the entire opening of each window for the duration of a rollover, each side window will be impacted at up to four locations around its perimeter at two time intervals following deployment. The agency anticipates that manufacturers will meet the standard by modifying existing side impact air bag curtains, and possibly supplementing them with advanced glazing. The curtains will be made larger so that they cover more of the window opening, made more robust to remain inflated longer, and made to deploy in both side impacts and in rollovers. In addition, after deployment the curtains will be tethered near the base of the vehicle's pillars or otherwise designed to keep the impactor within the boundaries established by the performance test. This final rule adopts a phase-in of the new requirements, starting September 1, 2013. This final rule advances NHTSA's initiatives in rollover safety and also responds to Section 10301 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). That section directs NHTSA to initiate and complete rulemaking to reduce complete and partial ejections of vehicle occupants from outboard seating positions, considering various ejection mitigation systems. 76 FR 3212 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-01-19/2011-547 2011-547 fr19ja11-12 RIN 2127-AK23 4910-59-P Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0004 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-01-19/2011-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-01-19/html/2011-547.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-01-19/pdf/2011-547.pdf Imports Incorporation by Reference Motor Vehicle Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Tires 94 p. 3212 3305 76 FR 3212 Title 49 Part 571 49 CFR Part 571 Title 49 Part 585 49 CFR Part 585 RIN 2127-AK23 Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, Ejection Mitigation; Phase-In Reporting Requirements; Incorporation by Reference; Federal Register Vol. 76, Issue RULE 2011-547 II DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011-03-01 Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0004 4910-59-P 2011-547 Final rule.

This final rule establishes a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 226, "Ejection Mitigation," to reduce the partial and complete ejection of vehicle occupants through side windows in crashes, particularly rollover crashes. The standard applies to the side windows next to the first three rows of seats, and to a portion of the cargo area behind the first or second rows, in motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,536 kilogram (kg) or less (10,000 pounds (lb) or less). To assess compliance, the agency is adopting a test in which an impactor is propelled from inside a test vehicle toward the windows. The ejection mitigation safety system is required to prevent the impactor from moving more than a specified distance beyond the plane of a window. To ensure that the systems cover the entire opening of each window for the duration of a rollover, each side window will be impacted at up to four locations around its perimeter at two time intervals following deployment. The agency anticipates that manufacturers will meet the standard by modifying existing side impact air bag curtains, and possibly supplementing them with advanced glazing. The curtains will be made larger so that they cover more of the window opening, made more robust to remain inflated longer, and made to deploy in both side impacts and in rollovers. In addition, after deployment the curtains will be tethered near the base of the vehicle's pillars or otherwise designed to keep the impactor within the boundaries established by the performance test. This final rule adopts a phase-in of the new requirements, starting September 1, 2013. This final rule advances NHTSA's initiatives in rollover safety and also responds to Section 10301 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). That section directs NHTSA to initiate and complete rulemaking to reduce complete and partial ejections of vehicle occupants from outboard seating positions, considering various ejection mitigation systems.

Effective date: The date on which this final rule amends the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is March 1, 2011. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the standard is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 1, 2011. For non-legal issues, you may contact Mr. Louis Molino, NHTSA Office of Crashworthiness Standards, telephone 202-366-1740, fax 202-493-2739. For legal issues, you may contact Ms. Deirdre Fujita, NHTSA Office of Chief Counsel, telephone 202-366-2992, fax 202-366-3820. Imports Incorporation by Reference Motor Vehicle Safety Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Tires Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Ejection Mitigation; Phase-In Reporting Requirements , http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=6447 http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/database/aspx/biodb/querytesttable.aspx http://www.aorc.org/coep.asp http://www.autodeadline.com/detail?source=Honda&mid=HON2004083172678&mime=ASC http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/safety/articles/105563/article.html http://www.iccsafe.org/news/about/ http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/PriorityPlan/FinalVeh/Index.html http://www.regulations.gov www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/database/aspx/comdb/querytesttable.aspx www.ncac.gwu.edu www.regulations.gov Vol. 76, no. 12 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2011-01-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 481 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-01-19 P0b002ee180bbc5a0 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19ja11 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2011-01-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-01-19/pdf/FR-2011-01-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2011-01-19/xml/FR-2011-01-19.xml fdlp 3011 3484 DGPO 2011-01-19 2024-06-04 FR-2011-01-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2011-01-19 76 12