MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY ACT

Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations

Standard 210

• General
• Anchorage Positioning Requirements
• Strength Requirements
• Information Respecting Restraint Systems
• Established by

Seat Belt Anchorages (Standard 210)

General

210. (1) Subject to subsection (2), seat belt anchorages shall be installed for each designated seating position in a vehicle for the following types of seat belt assemblies:

(a) a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly where required by section 208; and

(b) in any other case, a Type 1 or Type 2 manual seat belt assembly.

(2) Seat belt anchorages need not be installed for a passenger seat in a bus.

(2.1) Only the strength test requirements set out in subsections (7) to (10) apply to enclosed motorcycles.

Anchorage Positioning Requirements

(3) A seat belt anchorage for the pelvic portion of a seat belt assembly shall be located at least 165 mm laterally from the other seat belt anchorage of that seat belt, as measured between the vertical centrelines of the bolt holes or, in designs using another means of attachment to the vehicle structure, the centroids of such means.

(4) In the case of a seat belt assembly in which

(a) the seat belt passes outside the seat or between the seat cushions without bearing on the seat structure, as illustrated in Figure 1 of SAE Recommended Practice J383 (June 1995), a line from

(i) in the case of a seat that has no travel, the seating reference point,

(ii) in the case of a seat with a travel of not more than 70 mm, where the travel is intended for use by an occupant, the H-point with the seat in its rearmost position within that range of travel, or

(iii) in the case of a seat with a travel of more than 70 mm, a point 63.5 mm to the fore of, and 9.5 mm above, the seating reference point

to the nearest contact point of the belt with the seat belt anchorage shall extend to the fore from that contact point at an angle to the horizontal of not less than 30° and not more than 75°;

(b) the seat belt bears on the seat structure, as illustrated in Figure 3 of SAE Recommended Practice J383 (June 1995),

(i) the seat belt anchorage shall be aft of the rearmost contact point of the belt on the seat frame with the seat in its rearmost position, and

(ii) the line from the seating reference point to the nearest contact point of the seat belt with the seat frame shall extend to the fore from that contact point at an angle to the horizontal of not less than 30° and not more than 75°; and

(c) the seat belt anchorage is on the seat structure, the line from the seating reference point to the nearest contact point of the belt with the anchorage shall extend to the fore from that contact point at an angle to the horizontal of not less than 30° and not more than 75°.

(5) In the case of each non-adjustable seat belt anchorage for the upper end of an upper torso restraint, the intersection of the longitudinal centreline of the bolt hole and the surface of the mounting structure or, in designs using another means of attachment to the vehicle structure, the centroid of the means shall be located within the range indicated in section 6.1 of SAE Recommended Practice J383, Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Anchorages — Design Recommendations (June 1995), with reference to an H-point template described in section 4.1 of SAE Standard J826, Devices for Use in Defining and Measuring Vehicle Seating Accommodation (July 1995), where

(a) the H-point of the template is located at the unique Design H-point of the seat, as defined in section 2.2.11.1 of SAE Recommended Practice J1100 (June 1993), at the full rearward and full downward position of the seat; and

(b) the torso line of the template is at the same angle to the vertical plane as the seat back with the seat adjusted to its full rearward and full downward position and the seat back in its most upright position.

(6) In the case of each adjustable seat belt anchorage for the upper end of an upper torso restraint, the mid-point of the range of adjustment of the anchorage or the position that is suitable for a 50th percentile adult male, if that position is specified in the owner's manual, shall be located within the range referred to in subsection (5).

Strength Requirements

(7) Except in the case of side-facing seats, when the seat belt anchorages for a Type 1 manual seat belt assembly or for the pelvic portion of a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly that is equipped with a detachable upper torso restraint are tested for strength in accordance with Test Method 210 — Seat Belt Anchorages (December 1996) by applying a force of 22 240 N, none of the seat belt anchorages shall separate completely from the vehicle structure or seat structure.

(8) When the seat belt anchorages for the pelvic portion and for the upper torso portion of a Type 2 manual seat belt assembly are tested for strength in accordance with Test Method 210 — Seat Belt Anchorages (December 1996) by simultaneously applying a force of 13 344 N, none of the seat belt anchorages shall separate completely from the vehicle structure or seat structure.

(9) [Repealed by SOR/2003-57]

(10) Seat belt anchorages for designated seating positions that face in the same direction shall be tested by simultaneously loading the seat belt assemblies attached to the anchorages, where the anchorages are

(a) common to the same seat; or

(b) laterally adjacent but not common to the same seat and at least one of the anchorages is located within 304.8 mm of the anchorage for the adjacent seating position, as measured between the vertical centrelines of the bolt holes or, in designs using another means of attachment to the vehicle structure, the centroids of such means.

Information Respecting Restraint Systems

(11) The English and French versions of the owner's manual for a three-wheeled vehicle, passenger car, multi-purpose passenger vehicle or truck with a GVWR of not more than 4 536 kg and rear designated seating positions shall contain a statement indicating that children and infants are safer when properly restrained in a child restraint system or infant restraint system secured in a rear seating position.

Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978.

amended by

SOR/90-588 28 August, 1990 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

Subsection 210(4) and (5) of Schedule IV; paragraph 210(8)(b) of Schedule IV; and subsections 210(11) to (16) of Schedule IV.

SOR/93-5 21 December, 1992 pursuant to sections 4 and 7 of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act

The definition "convertible" in subsection 210(1) of Schedule IV is revoked; subsection 210(19) of Schedule IV preceding paragraph (a); section 210 of Schedule IV to the English version the expression "child" is substituted by the expression "child restraint system" in subsections (16), (17), (19), (20) and (21); and section 210 of Schedule IV to the French version the expression "point d'ancrage" or "points d'ancrages" is substituted by the expression "ancrage".

SOR/97-447 17 September, 1997 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, effective January 1, 1998

Revoked and replaced.

SOR/2003-57 13 February, 2003 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act, comes into force on 13 February, 2003.

Subsections 210(7) to (9) of Schedule IV are replaced; The French version is amended by replacing the expression "bâti du véhicule" with the expression "structure du véhicule" wherever it occurs in the definitions following provisions, with such modifications as the circumstances require: a) the definitions "ancrage d'attache prêt à utiliser", "ancrage de ceinture de sécurité" and "point de référence de position assise" in subsection 2(1); (b) subsection 210(3) of Schedule IV; (c) the portion of subsection 210(5) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a); and (d) paragraph 210(10)(b) of Schedule IV. the portion of subsection 210(5) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a); and paragraph 210(10)(b) of Schedule IV; Schedule IV to the French version is amended by replacing the expression "bâti du siège" with the expression "structure du siège", wherever it occurs following provisions, with such modifications as the circumstances require: (a) the portion of paragraph 210(4)(a) before subparagraph (i); (b) the portion of paragraph 210(4)(b) before subparagraph (i); and (c) paragraph 210(4)(c). 

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.

Section 210 of Schedule IV is amended by adding subsection (2.1)  after subsection (2); Subsection 210(11) of Schedule IV is replaced.  

SOR/2007-180 July 31, 2007 pursuant to section 5 and subsection 11(1) of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act comes into force July 31, 2007.

The portion of subsection 210(5) of Schedule IV before paragraph (a) is replaced.