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Land Transport Rule: Frontal Impact 2001

Incorporated by reference

Section/standard Title Source of material Version View the material Free of charge?
(Y/N)
Australian Design Rule 69  Full Frontal Impact Occupant Protection; Department of Infrastructure and Transport (Australia) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx Y
Australian Design Rule 73,  Offset Frontal Impact Protection; Department of Infrastructure and Transport (Australia) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx Y
Australian Design Rule 61/01; Vehicle Identification Numbers Department of Infrastructure and Transport (Australia)   www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/motor/design/adr_online.aspx Y
Chapter 565, Code of Federal Regulations 49 (49CFR565) Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Requirements Department of Transport (USA)   www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 Y
Council Directive 96/79/EC  Directive 96/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on the protection of occupants of motor vehicles in the event of a frontal impact [which, for the purpose of occupant protection in the event of a frontal impact, amends the Council Directive of 6 February 1970 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the type-approval of motor vehicles and their trailers (70/156/EEC)]; European Commission (EU)   http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_naturel.do
or
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/RECH_consolidated.do
for consolidated text.
Y
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208 (49CFR571.208) Occupant Crash Protection in Passenger Cars, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicles, Trucks and Buses; Department of Transport (USA) Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1 Y
ISO 3779; Vehicle Identification Numbers Internation Standards Organisation (ISO)   Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library. N
UN/ECE Regulation No. 94  Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to the protection of the occupants in the event of a frontal collision (E/ECE/324-E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add 93); United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  http://live.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html  Y
Technical Standard for Occupant Protection in Frontal Collision (Japan). Technical Standard for Occupant Protection in Frontal Collision (Japan). Japan Automobile Standards Internationalization Center (JASIC) in the Automobile Type Approval Handbook for Japanese Certification. Applicable version varies depending on year of manufacture and type of vehicle. Contact the NZTA Vehicles Unit if assistance is required.  Hard copy available for viewing at NZTA Library. N
Low Volume Vehicle Code Low Volume Vehicle Code Low Volume Vehicle Technical Association   https://lvvta.org.nz/documents/standards/LVVTA_STD_Frontal_Impact.pdf Y


Abbreviations
ABG Allgemeine Bauartgenehmigung
ADR  Australian Design Rule
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AS Australian Standard
BS British Standard
EEC, EC European Economic Community, European Communities
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code
JIS Japanese Industrial Standard
LTSA Land Transport Safety Authority of New Zealand 
MoT Ministry of Transport, New Zealand
NZS  New Zealand Standard
SABS South African Bureau Standards
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers
UN/ECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNRTDG  United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods – Model Regulations