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GB 14166-2024Safety-belts and restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehicles (English PDF)

机动车乘员用安全带和约束系统

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Issued by

SAMR; SAC

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

September 29, 2024

Implementation date

July 1, 2025

Scope

GB 14166-2024 is the English-translated version of 机动车乘员用安全带和约束系统.

GB 14166 is the mandatory standard for the seat belts and restraint systems fitted to motor vehicles in China. It sets the technical requirements and the test methods for the belt assembly and its components — webbing, retractor, buckle, adjuster, pretensioner and load limiter — the requirements for installing them in the vehicle, the instructions that must be supplied with them, the rules for judging whether a variant is the same type, and the transitional provisions. At 42,000 words with fourteen normative annexes it is one of the larger automotive safety standards, and it is the document a belt supplier is type-approved against. Issued on 29 September 2024, in force since 1 July 2025, replacing GB 14166-2013. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the edition it replaces are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are not reproduced on this page — they are in the document itself, which is delivered in full in English translation.

Document preview — GB 14166-2024

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

ICS
43.040.60
Classification
T26
Replacing
GB 14166-2013

Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC

Contents

  • Foreword3
  • 1 Scope5
  • 2 Normative references5
  • 3 Terms and definitions6
  • 4 Technical requirements16
  • 5 Test methods25
  • 6 Requirements for installation on vehicles37
  • 7 Instructions for use46
  • 8 Determination of the same type47
  • 9 Implementation of standards47

Foreword

This document was issued on 29 September 2024 by the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Standardization Administration of the PRC, and took effect on 1 July 2025.

It replaces GB 14166-2013, which is superseded.

It is a GB standard without the /T suffix: compliance is mandatory in China.

1 Scope

GB 14166 is the mandatory standard for the seat belts and restraint systems fitted to motor vehicles in China. It sets the technical requirements and the test methods for the belt assembly and its components — webbing, retractor, buckle, adjuster, pretensioner and load limiter — the requirements for installing them in the vehicle, the instructions that must be supplied with them, the rules for judging whether a variant is the same type, and the transitional provisions. At 42,000 words with fourteen normative annexes it is one of the larger automotive safety standards, and it is the document a belt supplier is type-approved against. Issued on 29 September 2024, in force since 1 July 2025, replacing GB 14166-2013. This page is published from the official record of the standard held by the Chinese standards administration: the identification, the dates, the classification and the edition it replaces are taken from there. The clause text, the tables and the numeric limits are not reproduced on this page — they are in the document itself, which is delivered in full in English translation.

Remaining clauses in the full document

  • 2 Normative references
  • 3 Terms and definitions
  • 4 Technical requirements
  • 5 Test methods
  • 6 Requirements concerning installation in vehicle
  • 7 Instructions for use
  • 8 Same type judgment
  • 9 Implementation of this standard
  • Annexes A to N (Normative) Installation requirements, manikin specifications, test arrangements, corrosion and abrasion tests, durability procedures and safety-belt reminders
  • Bibliography
  • About this edition
  • Classification and status
  • How a Chinese national standard is set out
  • About this English translation

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Referenced standards

Editions of GB 14166

EditionTitleRevisionStatus
GB 14166-2024Safety-belts and restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehiclescurrent editionCurrent
GB 14166-2013Safety-belts and restraint systems for occupants of power-driven vehiclesprevious editionSuperseded

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