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<p>The forthcoming Road Safety Strategic Framework announced last year will draw on
the safe system approach, including the safer vehicles pillar. The Government recognises
the contribution that new vehicle technologies can make to this pillar, and is driving
this forward through a range of domestic and international activities.</p><p>From
1 January 2021, the Government introduced a provisional GB Type Approval scheme for
road vehicles to ensure there was no disruption to the market. The Department for
Transport is now working to deliver a full scheme, which is expected to be implemented
by the end of the year and will provide the regulatory framework needed to amend Type
Approval requirements in Great Britain.</p><p>The EU General Safety Regulation (GSR)
will set updated vehicle and pedestrian safety requirements across the EU and Northern
Ireland from June 2022. The GSR includes a new frontal impact provision requiring
the use of crash test dummies representative of a small female occupant as well as
injury threshold values reflective of older occupants, reflecting a United Nations
requirement that DfT officials helped to negotiate.</p><p>The Government is currently
considering which technologies from the GSR might form part of our national approval
requirements. The Department for Transport remains a member of the European New Car
Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) which already incentivises many of the technologies
called up in the GSR, including the enhanced frontal impact requirements.</p>
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