{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-90/annex/chapter-V/division-3/division-3.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-90/annex/chapter-V/division-3/division-3.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/90",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 23 December 2003 on the technical prescriptions for the implementation of Article 3 of Directive 2003/102/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users before and in the event of a collision with a motor vehicle and amending Directive 70/156/EEC (notified under document number C(2003) 5041) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/90/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-90",
  "path": "annex/chapter/V/division/3/division/3.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Headform impactor tests shall be to the bonnet top as defined in paragraph 2.9 of Part I. A minimum of eighteen tests shall be carried out with the headform impactor, six tests each to the middle and the outer thirds of the bonnet top, as described in point 2.9.8 of Part I, at positions judged to be the most likely to cause injury. Tests shall be to different types of structure, where these vary throughout the area to be assessed.\nAmong the minimum of eighteen tests, at least twelve tests shall be carried out with the headform impactor within the ‘Bonnet Top Zone A’ and a minimum of six tests shall be carried out within the ‘Bonnet Top Zone B’ as defined in paragraph 3.3.\nThe test points shall be located so that the impactor is not expected to impact the bonnet top with a glancing blow and then impact the windscreen or an A pillar more severely. The selected test points for the child/small adult headform impactor shall be a minimum of 165 mm apart, a minimum of 82,5 mm inside the defined bonnet side reference lines, a minimum of 82,5 mm forwards of the defined bonnet rear reference line. Each selected test point for the child/small adult headform shall also be a minimum of 165 mm rearwards of the bonnet leading edge reference line, unless no point in the bonnet leading edge test area within 165 mm laterally would, if chosen for an upper legform to bonnet leading edge test, require a kinetic energy of impact of more than 200 J.\nThese minimum distances are to be set with a flexible tape held tautly along the outer surface of the vehicle. If a number of test positions have been selected in order of potential to cause injury and the test area remaining is too small to select another test position while maintaining the minimum spacing between tests, then less than eighteen tests may be performed. The positions tested by the laboratories shall be indicated in the test report.\nHowever, the technical services conducting the tests shall perform as many tests as necessary to guarantee the compliance of the vehicle with the head protection criteria (HPC) limit values of 1 000 for ‘bonnet top zone A’ and 2 000 for ‘bonnet top zone B’, especially in the points near to the borders between the two types of zones.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/90/annex/chapter/V/division/3/division/3.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:16.390787+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}