Article 5 # 3'2025

© Evgen Zelinsky, Head of the General and Passive Testing Laboratory, ORCID: 0000-0001-9129-3838, e-mail: ezelinsky@insat.org.ua; © Yurii Lapshin Deputy Head of the General and Passive Testing Laboratory, ORCID: 0000-0003-2716-0613, e-mail: ulapshin@insat.org.ua; © Vasil Lich, Leading Engineer, ORCID: 0000-0001-6727-0580, e-mail: vlich@insat.org.ua (General and Passive Testing Laboratory Safety of Vehicles, SE “DerzhavtotransNDIprojekt”) UPDATED VERSION OF STANDARD DSTU 7013:2024 “BUSES SPECIALIZED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL STUDENTS. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS” DOI: 10.33868/0365-8392-2025-3-284-38-44 Abstract. The article examines directions for revising the DSTU 7013:2009 standard “Buses specialized for the transportation of schoolchildren. Technical requirements”. The revision of the standard provided for: – updating of the regulatory framework, namely removal of regulatory documents that have lost their validity in Ukraine, application of regulatory documents to replace those that have lost their validity, application of new regulatory documents; – the unification of the design of the bus and its components provided for the selection of the optimal class of the base bus, the use of passenger seats of the same standard size for students of all age groups; – introduction of modern safety requirements, namely the use of three-point passenger safety belts with a guide strap on all seats, which are additionally used for students of younger grades; – to ensure the comfort of student transportation in the spring and summer period, equipping school buses with air conditioning; – to ensure accessibility and for students with limited mobility who use a wheelchair, the application of the requirements established in Annex 8 of the UN Regulations No. 107-05 Uniform technical prescriptions for the official ap-proval of wheeled vehicles of categories M2 and M3 regarding their general design; – to ensure normal evacuation possibilities, the arrangement of seats for students five in one row (3+2) was canceled. Keywords: specialized bus, student, students of junior, middle and senior classes, student with limited mobility, wheelchair, hoist, equipment, safety belt, guide strap. References 1. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (2017). Law of Ukraine “On Education” No. 2145-VIII. Retrieved from: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2145-19#Text 2. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (1993) Law of Ukraine “On Road Traffic” No. 3353-XII. Retrieved from: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/3353-12#Text 3. Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. (2001). Law of Ukraine “On Road Transport” No. 2344-ІІІ. Retrieved from: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2344-14#Text 4. UNECE. (1958). The text of the 1958 agreement. Agreement concerning the Adoption of Harmonized Technical United Nations Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be Fitted and/or be Used on Wheeled Vehicles and the Conditions for Reciprocal Recognition of Approvals Granted on the Basis of these United Nations Regulations (Revision 3). Retrieved from: http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs.html) 5. UNECE. (1958). Regulation No. 44 (Revision 3) «Uniform provisions concerning the approval of restraining devices for child occupants of powerdriven vehicles (“Child Restraint Systems”)»,(E/ECE/324/Rev.1/Add.43/Rev.3E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.1/Add.43/Rev.3). Retrieved from: https://unece.org/transport/vehicle-regulations-wp29/standards/addenda-1958-agreement-regulations-41-60 6. UNECE. (1958). Regulation No. 107 (Revision 4) «Uniform provisions concerning the approval of category M2 or M3 vehicles with regard to their general construction», (2014) (E/ECE/324/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.4− E/ECE/TRANS/505/Rev.2/Add.106/Rev.4). Retrieved from: https://unece.org/transport/vehicle-regulations-wp29/standards/addenda-1958-agreement-regulations-101-120#accordion_5 7. Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine. (2012). Order No. 521 “On the approval of the Procedure for approval of the design of vehicles, their parts and equipment and the Procedure for maintaining a register of type certificates of vehicles and equipment and certificates of conformity of vehicles or equipment issued by manufacturers”. Retrieved from: https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/z1586-12#Text