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MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 214



Side Door Strength

214. (1) In this section,

"initial crush resistance" means the average force required to deform the door of a vehicle, measured over the initial 152 mm of crush; (résistance initiale à la déformation)

"intermediate crush resistance" means the average force required to deform the door of a vehicle, measured over the initial 305 mm of crush; (résistance intermédiaire à la déformation)

"peak crush resistance" means the greatest force required to deform the door of a vehicle over the entire crush distance of 457 mm. (résistance maximale à la déformation)

(2) Every side door that is designed to be used for the egress of occupants from a truck, multipurpose passenger vehicle or bus with a GVWR of 4 536 kg or less or from a passenger car or three-wheeled vehicle shall demonstrate the following resistances, calculated in accordance with Test Method 214 — Side Door Strength (November 14, 1996), when tested in accordance with those test methods with the seats removed or installed, at the option of the manufacturer:

(a) when tested with the seats removed,

(i) an initial crush resistance of not less than 10.01 kN,

(ii) an intermediate crush resistance of not less than 15.57 kN, and

(iii) a peak crush resistance of not less than two times the curb mass of the vehicle or 31.14 kN, whichever is the lesser; or

(b) when tested with the seats installed,

(i) an initial crush resistance of not less than 10.01 kN,

(ii) an intermediate crush resistance of not less than 19.46 kN, and

(iii) a peak crush resistance of not less than three and one-half times the curb mass of the vehicle or 53.38 kN, whichever is the lesser.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), only those seats that may affect any load applied during the test must be removed from the vehicle.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of

(a) the detachable side doors of a vehicle that is designed to be used without side doors;

(b) the side doors of a walk-in van; or

(c) the side doors of a vehicle where, with an H-point template described in section 3.1 of SAE Standard J826 (June 1992) positioned in any seat, the seat adjusted to any position and the seat back placed in accordance with subsection (6),

(i) no point on a 254 mm horizontal longitudinal line passing through and bisected by the H-point falls within the transverse, horizontal projection of the door's opening, or

(ii) no point on a longitudinal vertical plane tangent to the outboard side of the seat cushion is less than 254 mm from the innermost point on the inside surface of the door, which point is situated vertically between the H-point and shoulder reference point of the template and longitudinally between the front edge of the cushion with the seat adjusted to its forwardmost position and the rear edge of the cushion with the seat adjusted to its rearmost position, as illustrated in the figure.

(5) Where a vehicle has seat anchoring hardware, the conditions set out in paragraph (4)(c) shall be met with any seat recommended by the manufacturer installed in any position for which there is seat anchoring hardware.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c), the seat back shall be placed in the manufacturer's nominal design riding position in the manner specified by the manufacturer or, if the manner is not specified by the manufacturer, at the first detent rearward of 25° from the vertical, with every adjustable head restraint placed in its highest adjustment position and the adjustable lumbar support placed so that it is set in its released, full-back position.



Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/82-275 26 February, 1982 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Section 214 of Schedule IV.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT IS NOW CHAPTER 16 OF THE STATUTES OF CANADA, 1993.

SOR/97-201 15 April, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Revoked and replaced.

SOR/2003-272 24 July, 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force 24 July, 2003.

The portion of subsection 214(2) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a) is replaced.


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