Title 49, Codes of
Federal Regulations, Part 571: Standards 201-225
Standard No. 201:
Occupant Protection In Interior Impact
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
performance requirements to provide head impact protection for
occupants.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a GVWR of 4,536 kg
(10,000 lb) or less
Standard No. 202:
Head Restraints
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for head restraints to reduce the frequency and
severity of neck injury in rear-end and other collisions.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a GVWR of 4,536 kg
(10,000 lb) or less
Standard No. 203:
Impact Protection for the Driver from the Steering Control
System
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for steering control systems that will minimize
chest, neck, and facial injuries to the driver as a result of
impact.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a GVWR of 4,536 kg
(10,000 lb) or less; walk-in-vans are excluded
Standard No. 204:
Steering Control Rearward Displacement
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements limiting the rearward displacement of the
steering column into the passenger compartment to reduce the
likelihood of chest, neck, or head injuries.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with unloaded vehicle
weight (UVW) of 1,814 kg (4,000 lb) or less; vehicles with
UVW of 2,495 kg (5,500 lb) or less; walk-in vans are excluded
Standard No. 205:
Glazing Materials
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for glazing materials for use in motor vehicles
and motor vehicle equipment. The purpose of this standard is
to reduce injuries resulting from impact to glazing surfaces,
to ensure a necessary degree of transparency in motor vehicle
windows for driver visibility and to minimize the possibility
of occupants being thrown through the vehicle windows in
collisions.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, slide-in
campers, and pickup covers [designed to carry persons while in
motion]
Standard No. 206:
Door Locks and Door Retention Components
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for side and back door locks and door retention
components including latches, hinges, and other supporting
means,
to minimize the likelihood of occupants being thrown from the
vehicle as a
result of impact.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks
Standard No. 207:
Seating Systems
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for seats, their attachment assemblies, and their
installation to minimize the possibility of their failure by
forces acting
on them as a result of vehicle impact.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses
Standard No. 208:
Occupant Crash Protection
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
performance requirements for the protection of vehicle
occupants in crashes. The purpose of this standard is to
reduce the number of deaths of vehicle occupants, and the
severity of injuries, by specifying vehicle crashworthiness
requirements in terms of forces and accelerations measured
on a variety of anthropomorphic dummies in test crashes, and
static airbag deployment tests. This standard also specifies
equipment requirements for active and passive restraint
systems.
Application:
Passenger cars, trucks, buses, and
multipurpose passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 3,855 kg (8,500
lb) or less and an UVW of 2,495 kg (5,500 lb) or less, except
for walk-in van-type trucks or vehicles designed to be sold
exclusively to the U. S. Postal Service
Standard No. 209:
Seat Belt Assemblies
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for seat belt assemblies. Seat belt assemblies
are devices such as straps, webbing, or similar material, as
well
as to all necessary buckles and other fasteners and all
hardware designed for installing the assembly in a motor
vehicle, and to the installation, usage, and maintenance
instructions for the assembly. The purpose of this standard is
to ensure that the hardware of seat belt assemblies shall be
designed to prevent attachment bolts and other parts from
becoming disengaged from the vehicle while in service.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses
Standard No. 210:
Seat Belt Assembly Anchorages
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for seat belt assembly anchorages to ensure their
proper location for effective occupant restraint and to reduce
the likelihood of their failure during a vehicle impact.
Application:
Any component, other than the
webbing or straps, involved in transferring seat belt loads to
the vehicle structure in passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses
Standard No. 211:
Reserved
Standard No. 212:
Windshield Mounting
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
windshield retention requirements for motor vehicles during
crashes. The purpose of this standard is to reduce crash
injuries and fatalities by providing for retention of the
vehicle windshield during a crash, to keep vehicle occupants
within the confines of the passenger compartment.
Application:
Passenger cars; multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks, and buses with a GVWR of 4,536 kg
(10,000 lb) or less; exempted from this standard are: forward
control vehicles, walk-in van-type vehicles, or open body type
vehicles with fold-down or removable windshields
Standard No. 213:
Child Restraint Systems
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for child restraint systems used in motor
vehicles and aircraft for the purpose of reducing the number
of children killed or injured in motor vehicle crashes and in
aircraft.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trucks and buses, and child restraint
systems for use in motor vehicles and aircraft
Standard No. 214:
Side Impact Protection
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies dynamic
and static performance requirements to assure the
crashworthiness of vehicle side structures. The purpose of
this standard is
to reduce the risk of serious and fatal injury to occupants of
vehicles involved in side impact cashes.
Application:
Dynamic requirements—all passenger
cars and multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks and buses
with a GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb) or less and static
requirements—all passenger cars and multipurpose passenger
vehicles, trucks and buses with a GVWR of 2,722 kg (6,000 lb)
or less
Standard No. 215:
Reserved
Standard No. 216:
Roof Crush Resistance
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes strength
requirements for the passenger compartment roof to reduce
deaths and injuries due to the crushing of the roof into the
occupant compartment in rollover crashes.
Application:
Passenger cars (except
convertibles) and multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks and
buses (except school buses) with a GVWR of 2,722 kg (6,000 lb)
or less
Standard No. 217:
Bus Emergency Exits and Window Retention and Release
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for the retention of windows other than
windshields in buses, and establishes operating forces,
opening dimensions, and markings for bus emergency exits. The
purpose o f this standard is to minimize the likelihood of
occupants being thrown from the bus and to provide
a means of readily accessible emergency egress.
Application:
Buses, including school buses
Standard No. 218:
Motorcycle Helmets
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
performance requirements for helmets designed
for use by motorcyclists and other motor vehicle users. The
purpose of this standard is to reduce deaths and injuries to
motorcyclists and other motor vehicle users resulting from
head impacts.
Application:
All helmets designed for use by
motorcyclists and other motor vehicle users
Standard No. 219:
Windshield Zone Intrusion
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies limits for
the displacement into the windshield area of motor vehicle
components during a crash. The purpose of this standard is to
reduce crash injuries and fatalities that result from
occupants contacting vehicle components displaced near or
through the windshield.
Application:
Passenger cars, multipurpose
passenger vehicles, trailers, buses with a GVWR of 4,536 kg
(10,000 lb) or less
Standard No. 220:
School Bus Rollover Protection
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
performance requirements for school bus rollover protection.
The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths
and the severity of injuries that result from failure of the
school bus body structure
to withstand forces encountered in rollover crashes.
Application:
School buses
Standard No. 221:
School Bus Body Joint Strength
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for the strength of the body panel
joints in school bus bodies. The purpose of this standard is
to reduce deaths
and injuries resulting from the structural collapse of school
bus bodies during crashes.
Application:
School buses with GVWR of more
than 4,536 kg (10,000 lb)
Standard No. 222:
School Bus Passenger Seating and Crash Protection
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes occupant
protection requirements for school bus passenger seating,
restraining barriers, and wheelchair anchorages. The purpose
of this standard is to reduce the number of deaths and the
severity of injuries that result from the impact of school bus
occupants against structures within
the vehicle during crashes and sudden driving maneuvers.
Application:
School buses
Standard No. 223:
Rear Impact Guards
Scope and Purpose:
This standard specifies
requirements for rear impact guards for trailers and
semitrailers. The purpose of this standard is to reduce the
number of deaths
and serious injuries that occur when light duty vehicles
collide with the rear
end of trailers and semitrailers.
Application:
Rear impact guards for trailers
and semitrailers subject to FMVSS No. 224, Rear Impact
Protection
Standard No. 224:
Rear Impact Protection
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for the installation of rear impact guards on
trailers and semitrailers with a GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb)
or more. The purpose of this standard is to reduce the number
of deaths and serious injuries occurring when light duty
vehicles impact the rear of trailers and semitrailers with a
GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb) or more.
Application:
Trailers and semitrailers with a
GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb) or more Pole trailers, pulpwood
trailers, low chassis vehicles, special purpose vehicles,
wheels back vehicles, or temporary living quarters as defined
in 49 CFR 529.2 are exempt
Standard No. 225:
Child Restraint Anchorage Systems
Scope and Purpose:
This standard establishes
requirements for child restraint anchorage systems
to ensure their proper location and strength for the effective
securing of child restraints. The purpose of this standard is
to reduce the likelihood of the anchorage systems’ failure,
and to increase the likelihood that child restraints are
properly secured and thus more fully achieve their potential
effectiveness
in motor vehicles.
Application:
Except for shuttle buses, this
standard applies to passenger cars, trucks and multipurpose
passenger vehicles with a GVWR of 3,855 kg (8,500 lb) or less,
except walk-in van-type vehicles and vehicles manufactured to
be sold exclusively to the U.S. Postal Service; and to buses
(including school buses) with a GVWR of 4,536 kg (10,000 lb)
or less
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