§ Mr. DayTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he anticipates the production of a British or equivalent European performance specification for roadside crash cushions, following the recent submission of a draft specification to the CEN 226 committee.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer Monday 24 June 1991]: Harmonised European standards covering terminology, 417W performance specification and impact testing procedures for vehicle safety restraint systems, including crash cushions, are now being prepared by working group 1 of CEN technical committee No. 226 ("Road Equipment").
The current target date for the draft standards is December 1991 with the publication stage in late 1993.