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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 214, Side Impact Protection
The United States issued an addendum on 9 June 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/USA/57. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 26 May 2004. The comment period closed on 29 July 2025.
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Vehicles; side impact protection; Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of <10 persons, incl. station wagons and racing cars (excl. motor vehicles of heading 8702); Crash protection and restraint systems
Latest notice (G/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1/Add.1, 9 June 2026)
The latest notice says the measure was adopted or published.
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214; Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 305a; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 307; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles
On 30 May 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1) proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, ''Side Impact Protection.'' The agency received two comments that supported the changes to FMVSS No. 214. In addition, one of the commenters suggested amendments to remove additional obsolete regulatory text. NHTSA is adopting the proposed changes with amendments made in response to the comments. *The final rule also amends FMVSS No. 305a, ''Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity'' (G/TBT/N/USA/2113) and FMVSS No. 307, ''Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles'' (G/TBT/N/USA/2114) to delete reference to sections of FMVSS No. 214 removed by this final rule. Effective Date: 6 July 2026. Petitions for Reconsideration: If you wish to petition for reconsideration of this rule, your petition must be received by 20 July 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 33111, 3 June 2026; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 571: This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1 are identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2025-0038. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders interested…
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, Side impact protection.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1/Add.1
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 214; Side Impact Protection; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 305a; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 307; Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles
On 30 May 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) (notified as G/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1) proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, ''Side Impact Protection.'' The agency received two comments that supported the changes to FMVSS No. 214. In addition, one of the commenters suggested amendments to remove additional obsolete regulatory text. NHTSA is adopting the proposed changes with amendments made in response to the comments. *The final rule also amends FMVSS No. 305a, ''Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electric Powertrain Integrity'' (G/TBT/N/USA/2113) and FMVSS No. 307, ''Fuel System Integrity of Hydrogen Vehicles'' (G/TBT/N/USA/2114) to delete reference to sections of FMVSS No. 214 removed by this final rule. Effective Date: 6 July 2026. Petitions for Reconsideration: If you wish to petition for reconsideration of this rule, your petition must be received by 20 July 2026. 91 Federal Register (FR) 33111, 3 June 2026; Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Parts 571: This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking notified as G/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1 are identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2025-0038. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members and their stakeholders interested…
RevisionG/TBT/N/USA/57/Rev.1
Comment deadline: Closed on 29 July 2025
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards No. 214, Side Impact Protection
Notice of proposed rulemaking - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, Side impact protection.
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Add.5
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection; Side Impact Phase-In Reporting Requirements
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection, Ejection Mitigation; Technical Corrections AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation ACTION: Final rule; technical corrections SUMMARY: This final rule corrects errors in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 214, 'Side impact protection,' and in FMVSS No. 226, 'Ejection mitigation.' The error occurred in FMVSS No. 214 when an amendment to FMVSS No. 214 was transcribed into the Code of Federal Regulations. The error to FMVSS No. 226 arose as a result of a drafting error when NHTSA issued FMVSS No. 226. This final rule amends the standards to reflect the intent of the Agency when it issued the standards. This rule is effective 29 December 2020. This final rule is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2020-0111. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. The notice of proposed rulemaking 'Side Impact Phase-In Reporting Requirements' notified as G/TBT/N/USA/57 published on 17 May 2004 at and is identified by Docket Number NHTSA-2004-17694. The Docket Folder is available from Regulations.gov at and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov by searching the Docket Number. A reopening of comment periods; request for comment…
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Add.4
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Add.3
TITLE: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection; AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).; ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions for reconsiderations; correction; SUMMARY: This document responds to a petition for reconsideration from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers regarding a March 2010 final rule on the Federal motor vehicle safety standard for side impact protection. Today's rule makes minor changes
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Add.2
TITLE: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection; Fuel System Integrity; Electric-Powered Vehicles: Electrolyte Spillage and Electrical Shock Protection; AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).; ACTION: Final rule; response to petitions for reconsideration.; SUMMARY: This document comprises the agency's second of two responses to petitions for reconsideration of a 11 September 2007, final rule that upgraded Federal
AddendumG/TBT/N/USA/57/Add.1
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/USA/57
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Side Impact Protection; Side Impact Phase-In Reporting Requirements; Proposed Rule (45 pages, English)
This NPRM would substantially upgrade the agency's side impact protection standard, especially by requiring protection in crashes with narrow objects and protection against head injuries in side impact crashes with both narrow objects and other vehicles. First, it would upgrade the standard by requiring that all passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less protect front seat occupants against head, thoracic, abdominal and pelvic injuries in a vehicle-to-pole test simulating a vehicle's crashing sideways into narrow fixed objects like telephone poles and trees. To meet the head injury criteria in the pole test, vehicle manufacturers would likely need to install dynamically deploying side head protection systems, such as head air bags or inflatable air curtains that drop down from the roof line above the door frame. Air curtains can reduce head injuries in side crashes of passenger vehicles with poles and trees as well as side impacts from vehicles with high front ends. They also can help reduce partial and full ejections through side windows. Compliance with the pole test would be determined in two test configurations, one using a new, second-generation test dummy representing mid-size adult males and the other using a new test dummy representing small adult females. Second, this NPRM would upgrade the standard's existing vehicle-to-vehicle test that requires protection of front and rear seat occupants against thoracic and…
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