Interpretation ID: nht91-7.3

DATE: November 7, 1991

FROM: Takashi Odaira -- Chief Representative, Emission & Safety, Isuzu

TO: P. J. Rice -- Chief Counsel, NHTSA

COPYEE: Mr. Sakai; Mr. Watanabe

TITLE: Test Conditions - Side Impact (FMVSS 214)

ATTACHMT: Attached to letter dated 1/14/92 from Paul Jackson Rice to Takashi Odaira (A39; Std. 214)

TEXT:

The purpose of this letter is to seek your agency's interpretation about the test conditions specified in FMVSS 214, Side Impact Protection.

S3. (b), (c) and (d) of FMVSS 214 specify passenger cars whose rear seating areas are so small that the rear seat requirements do not apply.

However, when such passenger cars are subjected to dynamic side impact test, is it necessary to place a test dummy on their rear seating positions?

I would appreciate receiving your quick response to this question.