{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-631/annex/part-I/division-2/division-2.31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-631/annex/part-I/division-2/division-2.31.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/631",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 631/2009 of 22 July 2009 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 78/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the type-approval of motor vehicles with regard to the protection of pedestrians and other vulnerable road users, amending Directive 2007/46/EC and repealing Directives 2003/102/EC and 2005/66/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-631",
  "path": "annex/part/I/division/2/division/2.31",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "‘Upper bumper reference line’ means a line which identifies the upper limit to significant points of pedestrian contact with the bumper.\nFor vehicles with an identifiable bumper structure it is defined as the geometric trace of the uppermost points of contact between a straight edge and the bumper, when the straight edge, held parallel to the vertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle and inclined rearwards by 20° to the vertical, is traversed across the front of the vehicle, while maintaining contact with the surface of the bumper (see Figure 13).\nFor vehicles with no identifiable bumper structure it is defined as the geometric trace of the uppermost points of contact between a straight edge 700 mm long and the bumper, when the straight edge, held parallel to the vertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle and inclined rearwards by 20° to the vertical, is traversed across the front of the vehicle, while maintaining contact with the ground and with the surface of the bumper (see Figure 13).\nWhere necessary the straight edge shall be shortened to avoid any contact with structures above the bumper;",
  "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/eur/2009/631/annex/part/I/division/2/division/2.31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:23.654247+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."
}