International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments

Description

Since the 1960's, the regulation of vehicle safety performance has had a major impact on vehicle and system design. As automotive manufacturing has evolved into an integrated global system, understanding and anticipating legal requirements has become an immense challenge. Regulators collaborate and diverge in how they address road-safety policy goals. Regulatory changes in a single market can translate into global customer requirements. And these requirements are continuously evolving. In a compact program, this two-day seminar provides a worldwide update on the passive safety landscape, covering local, national, regional, and international policy and rulemaking developments. The first segment of the seminar focuses on regulatory institutions and processes. By understanding the regulatory environment, including the trend towards an integrated global regulatory system, businesses can better prepare for changes that impact competitiveness and customer satisfaction. The second segment applies this knowledge to current and future regulatory requirements. The seminar covers crashworthiness (frontal, side, rear impact, etc.) as well as pedestrian protection and new technologies.

Who should attend?

This seminar should be of interest to anyone involved with meeting and anticipating legal requirements for vehicle safety performance across international markets. The course provides a compact review of changes in passive safety requirements and current priorities across the international regulatory community. Moreover, the course provides knowledge critical to understanding differences in the way regulators establish and enforce these legal requirements.

Course Objectives

This course informs participants of recent developments and discussions within the global regulatory community concerning passive safety. The seminar explores differences in regulatory systems and philosophies, in compliance and enforcement, and in the forces behind the regulation of vehicle safety. The course provides participants with a broad understanding of current regulatory directions and guidance on how to follow, and even influence, future requirements.

Course Contents

• History of safety regulation and development of legal regimes (e.g., self-certification, type approval, product liability, in-use surveillance)
• Regulatory agencies and rulemaking processes (e.g., UN World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, European Union, U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, etc.)
• Regulatory drivers and priorities (e.g., accident data, injury dynamics, injury assessment criteria, test tools, harmonization, whole vehicle approval, competitiveness, etc.)
• Types and purposes of regulations (UN Regulations, Global Technical Regulations, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, EU Regulations and Directives, etc.)
• Developments in crashworthiness and occupant protection requirements (frontal impact, side impact, pole-side impact, full-width barrier, offset deformable barrier, mobile barrier, etc.)
• Vulnerable road user (VRU) protection (e.g., pedestrian safety, cyclist safety)
• Safety of new propulsion technologies (electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel-cells, minimum vehicle noise levels)
• Passive safety implications of new safety technologies (e.g., emergency call systems, collision avoidance, VRU detection, automated driving)

Dr. Thomas Kinsky
Humanetics Europe GmbH

Dr. Thomas Kinsky completed his studies of automotive engineering at TU Dresden in 1991 and received a doctorate at TU Graz in 2015 in parallel to his job. After his studies Dr. Kinsky worked for TUV Rhineland and for a small medium-sized company before he changed to Opel in 1999. There he was responsible – last as a Senior Expert – for passive vehicle safety subjects and represented Opel in the discussion with authorities and associations. Since 2018 Dr. Kinsky is with Humanetics Europe.

John F. Creamer
GlobalAutoRegs.com

John Creamer is the founder of GlobalAutoRegs.com and a partner in The Potomac Alliance, a Washington-based international regulatory affairs consultancy. In his client advisory role, Mr. Creamer is regularly involved with meetings of the UN World Forum for the Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29). Previously, he has held positions with the US International Trade Commission and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (representing the US automotive supplier industry), as the representative of the US auto parts industry in Japan, and with TRW Inc. (a leading global automotive safety systems supplier).

Date	Language	Price	Code
04 Mar - 05 Mar 2026	Deutsch	1750 EUR  (1450 EUR till 04 Feb 2026 )	4647
Venue
Alzenau (carhs.training gmbh, Siemensstraße 12, 63755 Alzenau)			» Register
Instructor
Dr. Thomas Kinsky (Humanetics Europe GmbH)
Seminar hours
Wednesday	10:30 - 17:00
Thursday	08:30 - 14:30

Date	Language	Price	Code
26 May - 29 May 2026	English	1450 EUR  (1750 EUR from 29 Apr 2026 )	4667
Venue
Online (Online-Seminar)			» Register
Instructor
John F. Creamer (GlobalAutoRegs.com)
Specifics
Seminar hours: Tuesday, 26.05.2026, 09:00 - 12:00 Wednesday, 27.05.2026, 09:00 - 12:00 Thursday, 28.05.2026, 09:00 - 12:00 Friday, 29.05.2026, 09:00 - 12:00 The times indicated refer to the time zone CEST = UTC+2h

Date	Language	Price	Code
24 Nov - 25 Nov 2026	Deutsch	1450 EUR  (1750 EUR from 28 Oct 2026 )	4648
Venue
Alzenau (carhs.training gmbh, Siemensstraße 12, 63755 Alzenau)			» Register
Instructor
Dr. Thomas Kinsky (Humanetics Europe GmbH)
Seminar hours
Tuesday	10:30 - 17:00
Wednesday	08:30 - 14:30

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