Transcript Informal Document No. WP.29-149-18 UNECE WORLD FORUM FOR HARMONIZATION OF VEHICLE REGULATIONS (WP.29) AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO ROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT B.Kisulenko, WP.29 Vice Chairman, Russian Federation Moscow, 2009

Informal Document No. WP.29-149-18
UNECE WORLD FORUM
FOR HARMONIZATION
OF VEHICLE REGULATIONS
(WP.29)
AND ITS CONTRIBUTION
TO ROAD SAFETY
IMPROVEMENT
B.Kisulenko,
WP.29 Vice Chairman,
Russian Federation
Moscow, 2009
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OUTLINE
• Formation of requirements to vehicle safety
• WP.29 structure and activity
• Strategy of vehicle safety improvement
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ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY:
KEY FACTORS
Increase of traffic safety
depends on efficiency of actions
undertaken with regard to
each of three factors
Driver
Дорожные
условия
Vehicle
Road
Environment
WP.29 activity covers issues of vehicle safety
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PRECONDITIONS OF DEVELOPMENT
OF REQUIREMENTS TO VEHICLE SAFETY
Growth of vehicle
number.
Increase of traffic flow
Imperfection
of vehicle design
Increase of accident
risks. Increase of
ecology damage
Increase of accident
number
Development of
requirements to safety
of vehicle design
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THE HISTORICAL NOTE
 1949 Adoption of the Convention on
Road Traffic
The World War II led to
 1952 Establishment of the WP.29
destruction of means of
Working Group with a view of
production, opening of the
realization of the technical
markets and expansion of
provisions stipulated in the 1949
the international trade
Convention
 1956 Conclusion of the Rome 4-party
agreement on adoption of the first
Absence of harmonization
agreed provisions to headlights
in technical requirements
 1958 Conclusion of the Geneva
caused occurrence of technical
Agreement and appointment of
barriers, repeated confirmation
WP.29 as the administrative body of
of compliance and increase of
the Agreement
costs
 1997 Conclusion of the Vienna
Agreement (technical inspections)
Necessity of unification of
under the WP.29 aegis
requirements to vehicles and
 1998 Conclusion of the Global
development of a
Agreement under the WP.29 aegis
mechanism of a mutual
 2000 WP.29 transformation into the
recognition of compliance
“World Forum for Harmonization of
evaluation results
Vehicle Regulations (WP.29)”
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WP.29 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
GRPE
10
Working Party on Pollution and Energy
GRSG
3
Working Party on General Safety Provisions
GRRF
UNECE
ITC
WP.29
4
Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear
GRE
Working Party on Lighting and Light-Signalling
United Nations
Economic
Commission for
Europe
Inland Transport
Committee
The World
Forum for
Harmonization
of Vehicle
Regulations
GRB
3
Working Party on Noise
GRSP
7
Working Party on Passive Safety
Informal groups on
Working Parties
special technical
issues
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SUBJECTS OF THE TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
REAR-VIEW MIRRORS (R46),
GLAZING (R43)
PROTECTION
PROPERTIES OF CABS
AND BODIES (R29, R52,
R66, R94, R95)
LIGHTING DEVICES
(R48, R1, R2, R3, R4,
R6,R7, R19, R20, R23,
R37, R38, R91, R98,
R112, R119), AUDIBLE
WARNING DEVICES
(R28)
SEAT BELTS (R16),
HEAD RESTRAINTS
(R25), SEATS
(R17, R80)
SAFETY OF
INTERIOR
EQUIPMENT
(R12, R21)
GENERAL
SAFETY
REQUIREMENTS
(R36, R52, R107)
EXTERNAL
NOISE (R51)
EXTERNAL
PROJECTIONS
(R26, R61)
EMISSIONS
(R24, R49,
R83, R96)
TYRES
(R30, R54)
BRAKING EFFICIENCY
(R13, R13H)
UNDERRUN
PROTECTION
(R58, R73, R93)
COUPLING
DEVICES (R55)
FUEL TANKS (R34)
UNECE Regulation numbers are in brackets
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ADOPTION OF THE UNECE REGULATIONS
AND APPLICATION OF THOSE BY THE SEVERAL
CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE 1958 AGREEMENT
140
118
114 114 116 116
112
110 110
120
100
79
80
83
87
88
90
92
93
96
101 103
91
93
123
127 127
123 123
119 105 105
114
111 112 112 95 99
109
108
107 107
88 88 90 90
77
77
79
71
UNECE Regulations entering into force
Application by the Russian Federation
60
Application by Japan
Application by the European Union
40
50
50
50
50
51
51
51
51
43
17
20
27
29
34
35
11
4
0
1986
21
24
29
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
4
2000
2002
2004
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2008
2010
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WP.29 PARTICIPANTS
Countries – UN members
• European countries
• American counties (the U.S.A.,
Canada, Brazil, Argentina)
• Asian countries (Japan, Korea, the
People Republic of China, India,
Thailand)
• South Africa
• Australia, New Zealand
Regional organizations of the
economic integration
• European Union
Non-governmental
organizations
• Manufacturers’ organizations
(OICA, CLEPA, IMMA, etc.)
• Standardization organizations
(ISO, IEC, SAE, etc.)
• Consumer and environment
protection organizations (CI,
CONCAVE, etc.)
• Organizations related to vehicle
utilization (AIT/FIA, CITA, UNATAC,
etc.)
• Other organizations
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INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
ADMINISTERED BY THE WP.29
WP.29
1958 Geneva
Agreement
«Agreement Concerning the
Adoption of Uniform Technical
Prescriptions for Wheeled
Vehicles, Equipment and Parts...
and the Conditions for Reciprocal
Recognition of Approvals Granted
on the Basis of These
Prescriptions…»
(UNECE Regulations)
1998 Global
Agreement
«Agreement Concerning the
Establishing of Global
Technical Regulations for
Wheeled Vehicles,
Equipment and Parts …»
(GTR)
1997 Vienna
Agreement
«Agreement Concerning the
Adoption of Uniform Conditions for
Periodical Technical Inspections of
Wheeled Vehicles and the
Reciprocal Recognition of such
Inspections»
(Rules)
31 contr. parties
11 contr. parties
48 contr. parties
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SAFETY REQUIREMENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
1300
%
1100
Effective realization of actions for safety increase of a design provides for reduction of
number of road accidents and decrease in burden of their consequences, despite to growth
of the vehicle fleet and increase of the total travelling distance
UNECE R66 Strength of bus superstructure
UNECE R13-06 ABS
UNECE R43 Glazing
UNECE R44 Child restraint systems
UNECE R46 Rear-view mirrors
900
UNECE R16-05 Signaling device for
unbuckled seatbelts
UNECE R13-11 ESC Commercial veh.
UNECE R25 Head restraints
UNECE R21 Interior fittings
500
UNECE R94 Occupant
protection at frontal collision
UNECE R95 Occupant
protection at lateral collision
GTR 9 Pedestrian protection
UNECE R13-H ESC Passenger cars
UNECE R36 Bus general safety
700
Total distance
travelled
Number of
accidents
Number of
death
UNECE R13 Braking systems
UNECE R16 Seatbelts
UNECE R16-04
Seatbelts with
automatic retractors
300
UNECE R123 AFS
100
1950
-100
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
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2005
2010
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THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
•
Automatic Emergency Braking Systems (АEBS) → 2012
•
Line Departure Warning Systems (LDWS) → 2012
•
Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS) → 2010
•
Brake Assist Systems (BAS) → 2010
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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
WP.29 documents are available in the Internet:
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/welcwp29.htm
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