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Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 72/01 – Dynamic Side Impact Occupant Protection) 2025

I, CATHERINE KING, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, determine this national road vehicle standard under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.

Dated 13 January 2025

[SIGNED]

Catherine King
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

CONTENTS

1. legislative provisions
2. FUNCTION
3. APPLICABILITY
4. DEFINITIONS
5. REQUIREMENTS
6. EXEMPTIONS AND ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES
7. ALTERNATIVE STANDARDS
APPENDIX A

 1.                                           legislative provisions
     1.                                     Name of Standard
         1.                               This standard is the Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 72/01 – Dynamic Side Impact Occupant Protection) 2025.
         2.                               This standard may also be cited as the Australian Design Rule 72/01 – Dynamic Side Impact Occupant Protection, the Australian Design Rule 72/01, or ADR 72/01.
     2.                                     Authority
         1.                               This standard is made under section 12 of the Road Vehicle Standards Act 2018.
     3.                                     Commencement
         1.                               This standard commences on the day after it is registered.

 2.                                           FUNCTION
     1.                                     The function of this standard is to reduce the risk of serious and fatal injury of vehicle occupants in a lateral crash by limiting the forces, accelerations and deflections measured by anthropomorphic test devices in a dynamic side impact crash test and by other means (including measures provided for protecting the occupants from direct contact with high voltage live parts).

 3.                                           APPLICABILITY
     1.                                     This standard applies to category MA, MB, MC and NA vehicles, where the "R" point of the lowest seat is not more than 700 mm from ground level when the vehicle is in the condition corresponding to the "reference mass" defined in paragraph 2.10 of Appendix A, from the dates set out in clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 and the table under clause 3.3 below.
         1.                               1 November 2026 for all new model vehicles.
         2.                               1 November 2028 for all vehicles.
     2.                                     For the purposes of clause 3.1.1 above, a "new model" is a vehicle model first produced with a 'Date of Manufacture' on or after the date prescribed in that clause.

 1.                                     Applicability Table
Vehicle Category                   ADR Category Code                              UN Category Code*  Manufactured on or After  Acceptable Prior Rules
Moped 2 wheels                     LA                                             L1                 Not Applicable
Moped 3 wheels                     LB                                             L2                 Not Applicable
Motor cycle                        LC                                             L3                 Not Applicable
Motor cycle and sidecar            LD                                             L4                 Not Applicable
Motor tricycle                     LE                                             L5
                                      LEM                                                            Not Applicable
                                      LEP                                                            Not Applicable
                                      LEG                                                            Not Applicable
Passenger car                      MA                                             M1                 1 November 2026**         Nil
Forward-control passenger vehicle  MB                                             M1                 1 November 2026**         Nil
Off-road passenger vehicle         MC                                             M1                 1 November 2026**         Nil
Light omnibus                      MD                                             M2
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and up to 12 seats         MD1                                       Not Applicable
                                   up to 3.5 tonnes 'GVM' and more than 12 seats