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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-631/annex/part-II/chapter-V/division-4/division-4.5",
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  "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/II/chapter/V/division/4/division/4.5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The direction of impact shall be on a vertical longitudinal plane of the vehicle through the impact point. The tolerance for this direction is ± 2°. The direction of impact of tests to the bonnet top shall be downward and rearward, as if the vehicle were on the ground. The angle of impact for tests with the child/small adult headform impactor shall be 50° ± 2° to the ground reference level. The effect of gravity shall be taken into account when the impact angle is obtained from measurements taken before the time of first contact.",
  "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/II/chapter/V/division/4/division/4.5",
    "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."
}