Nhtsa Roof Crush Standards

Federal motor vehicle safety standards.

Nhtsa roof crush standards.

Roof crush resistance 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. Roof crush resistance 222 13 kb final rule. This new fmvss 216a standard announced by the national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa on april 30 2009 will result in significantly stronger roof structures. On august 23 2005 nhtsa published in the federal register 70 fr 49223 a notice of proposed rulemaking nprm 1 to upgrade federal motor vehicle safety standard fmvss no.

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. As discussed in the nprm this rulemaking is part of a comprehensive plan for reducing the serious risk of rollover. New standard nhtsa s proposed overhaul of its standard for roof crush resistance will require increased roof strength for most vehicles. This notice is a request for comments to assist nhtsa in upgrading the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.

First for the vehicles currently subject to the standard i e passenger cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles trucks and buses with a gross vehicle weight rating gvwr of 2 722 kilograms 6 000 pounds or less the rule doubles the. Nhtsa s findings will form the basis for the long awaited proposed rulemaking to improve the roof crush resistance standard which is a relic from the 1970s and was intended as a temporary stopgap to dynamic rollover testing that was unanimously opposed by the industry. The rules are an effort to reduce fatalities and serious. Upgrades the agency s safety standard on roof crush resistance in several ways.

Supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking snprm. 216 roof crush resistance. Extension of comment period. 216 roof crush resistance to reduce injuries and fatalities in passenger cars pickup trucks vans and multipurpose passenger vehicles resulting from roof intrusion during rollover crashes.

Nhtsa roof crush standard the independent nonprofit insurance institute for highway safety released a study that describes the inadequacy of the latest roof crush standards proposed by the national highway traffic safety administration.