Reaffirmed 2022

1. SCOPE

1.1 This standard covers the requirements of interior fittings of vehicles of category M2, M3, N1, N2, N3 and L7 as defined in IS 14272 in respect of the following:

a) The interior parts of the passenger compartment other than rear view mirrors contactable by the seated occupants in the front (first) row of forward facing seats when likely to be impacted during frontal impacts only.

b) The protrusions of controls.

1.2 This standard shall not apply to parts contactable by occupants of vehicles intended for special applications such as ambulances and security vehicles where fitments not compliant with the requirements of the standard may be necessitated.

1.3 Vehicles derived from M1 or their variants approved to IS 15223, shall deemed to have met the requirements of this standard.

2. REFERENCES

2.1 The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provision of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below.

13749 : 1993 Automotive vehicles - Determination of H-point - Method of test

14272 : 2011 Automotive vehicles - Types - Terminology

15223 : 2002 Automotive vehicles - Interior fittings - Specification