{"data":{"id":"us/16-cfr-1203.53","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 CFR 1203.53","heading":"Interim safety standards.","body":"(a) Bicycle helmets must comply with one or more of the following standards. The standards in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7) of this section are incorporated herein by reference:\n(1) American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard Z90.4-1984, Protective Headgear for Bicyclists,\n(2) ASTM standards F 1447-93 or F 1447-94, Standard Specification for Protective Headgear Used in Bicycling, incorporating the relevant provisions of ASTM F 1446-93 or ASTM F 1446-94, Standard Test Methods for Equipment and Procedures Used in Evaluating the Performance Characteristics of Protective Headgear, respectively,\n(3) Canadian Standards Association standard, Cycling Helmets—CAN/CSA-D113.2-M89,\n(4) Snell Memorial Foundation (Snell) 1990 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling (designation B-90),\n(5) Snell 1990 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, including March 9, 1994 Supplement (designation B-90S),\n(6) Snell 1994 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Non-Motorized Sports (designation N-94), or\n(7) Snell 1995 standard for Protective Headgear for Use with Bicycles B-95.\n(8) Subparts A through C of this part 1203.\n(b) The incorporation by reference of the standards listed in paragraphs (a)(1) through (a)(7) are approved by the Director of the Federal Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies of the standards may be obtained as follows. Copies of the ANSI Z90.4 standard are available from: American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd Street, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Copies of the ASTM standards are available from: ASTM, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. Copies of the Canadian Standards Association CAN/CSA-D113.2-M89 standard are available from: CSA, 178 Rexdale Boulevard, Rexdale (Toronto), Ontario, Canada, M9W 1R3. Copies of the Snell standards are available from: Snell Memorial Foundation, Inc., 6731-A 32nd Street, North Highlands, CA 95660. Copies may be inspected at the Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, or at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go to: http://www.archives.gov/federal_register/code_of_federal_regulations/ibr_locations.html.","path":["Title 16—Commercial Practices","CHAPTER II—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER B—CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT REGULATIONS","PART 1203—SAFETY STANDARD FOR BICYCLE HELMETS","Subpart D—Requirements For Bicycle Helmets Manufactured From March 17, 1995, Through March 10, 1999"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-16.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:29Z","sha256":"710acad503df5a312c6ad51461716b04cd532e142e24d6079c135ce6afd31486","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-cfr-1203.52","next":"us/16-cfr-figure-1-to-part-1203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}