The base standard applies
ISO 22343-1:2023 was published in September 2023 and replaced IWA 14-1:2013. A specification written today should cite that edition. The publication record.
For the CISO and the security compliance lead
The barrier test standard is published. The amendment is not.
ISO 22343-1:2023 sets the impact test and performance rating for a vehicle security barrier. Amendment 1 is at stage 50.00, FDIS registered, and its four-page text is not public. This site states the published clauses in plain words, decodes the rating, and separates the recorded dates from the estimate.
Read from the public record, not invented. Every answer points to the official clause or record behind it, so you can check any line yourself.
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ISO record, read 20 October 2026
ISO 22343-1:2023/PRF Amd 1
FDIS registered- Title
- Security and resilience, Vehicle security barriers, Part 1: Performance requirement, vehicle impact test method and performance rating, Amendment 1
- Edition
- Edition 1, amending the 2023 first edition
- Committee
- ISO/TC 292, Security and resilience
- Stage
- 50.00, 8 October 2026
- Base standard
- ISO 22343-1:2023, published September 2023, 55 pages
- Planning date
- 15 February 2027, an estimate
- 4The performance requirement
- 5The documentation and conformity
- 6The test method, apparatus to report
- 7The performance rating and code
- 8The product information
- AThe measurement controls
The amendment text is not public. The clause record follows the published base standard and the public preview. Read the record.
The NPSA guidance note gives this ISO 22343-1 example: Bollard V / 7200 [N3C] / 48 / 90 : 2.6 / 5.0. Every part changes what the rating means. A string that has lost its class or its debris figure is not the same claim.
| Part | In the example | What it fixes |
|---|---|---|
| Barrier type | Bollard | The article that was hit. A bollard, a gate, a blocker, a wall, a planter or a bund. |
| Test type | V | Vehicle impact. The test method in the string. |
| Test mass | 7200 | The total test mass in kilograms, including ballast. |
| Vehicle class | N3C | The UNECE category. The class fixes the body shape and the Table 2 mass. |
| Impact speed | 48 | The measured speed in km/h before the initial contact point. |
| Impact angle | 90 | The horizontal angle in degrees, greater than zero and up to 90. |
| Penetration | 2.6 | The vehicle penetration distance in metres from the VSB datum line. |
| Major debris | 5.0 | The distance in metres to the furthest piece of at least 2 kg. |
The example is from the NPSA rating guidance, not from a live customer report. A real report ties the string to the test house, the date and the full measurement record.
Know what was tested, what was not, and what changes next.
A rating is a set of conditions, not a badge. The register turns each clause into the evidence a test house, a customer or an insurer will ask for, so the answer is ready before the question.
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01 / PUBLISHED
02 / AMENDMENT
The amendment is at FDIS
Stage 50.00 was recorded on 8 October 2026. The four-page text is not public, so no one can honestly tell you what it changes. What the record shows.
03 / DATE
The date is an estimate
No publication date is recorded. The planning date used here is 15 February 2027, derived from the stage record and labelled an estimate. ISO has not committed to it. The dated timeline.
Each page states the requirement in our words, why it matters, the evidence an assessor asks for, the common failures and what to do before the amendment publishes. Start with clause 4 for the outcome. Start with clause 5 if the site installation is the gap.
| Clause | Record | The answer in one line |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scope | The standard rates a barrier against one unmanned vehicle impact and stops at 25 metres of penetration. It is not a design guide, a certification scheme or a blast standard. |
| 2 | Normative references | Six documents are normative: the vocabulary, two concrete standards, two concrete testing standards and the photographic instrumentation standard. |
| 3 | Terms and definitions | The definitions fix the front face, the datum, the penetration distance and the debris threshold. Most rating disputes are arguments about those four things. |
| 4 | VSB performance requirement | When tested under Clause 6, the barrier must stop the vehicle at the datum line, redirect it to the unprotected side, or halt it beyond the line so that it cannot drive on. A result beyond 25 metres earns no rating. |
| 5 | VSB documentation | The manufacturer supplies a documentation set with the barrier, and the tested barrier must conform to that set. A site installation that differs from the tested configuration is outside the rating. |
| 6.1 | Apparatus | The test needs a test vehicle, a propulsion method, calibrated mass, angle and distance equipment, and a camera plan. Measurement accuracy is specified, so a guess is not a result. |
| 6.2 | Test site | The test site must give the vehicle a free run, a defined impact geometry, and enough space behind the barrier to measure penetration and debris. |
| 6.3 | Impact geometry | The test sets a target impact point, an initial contact point and an impact angle greater than zero and up to 90 degrees. At 90 degrees the two points coincide. |
| 6.4 | VSB preparation | The barrier is prepared for test in its intended installation, with its foundation, soil, fixings and markers. The preparation is part of the test condition, not a setup detail. |
| 6.5 | Test vehicle preparation | The test vehicle is one anyone can buy, with the chassis and front structure as the maker built them. Its mass, ballast, dimensions, condition and datum point are recorded. |
| 6.6 | Impact speed | The impact speed is how fast the vehicle is moving, free of the winch, just before first contact. It is measured, not assumed from the propulsion setting. |
| 6.7 | Test procedure | The procedure runs from pre-impact data through the impact to impact data, post-impact data and disposal. Each stage has to be recorded, not reconstructed later. |
The check asks what the barrier is for, which edition you rely on, what report you hold and whether the installed foundation matches the tested one. It returns the clause path, the weakest step and three actions. It runs in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
It never returns a compliance verdict. It returns a reading of your answers and names the missing one when scope is incomplete. The rule behind each question is printed on the page.
What it will not do
No score, no certificate
It will not audit the barrier, score maturity out of 100, or tell you that you conform. It will tell you which clause to open next and what evidence that clause expects.
The paid kit carries the full register, the evidence list and the dated plan.
| Date | What it is | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09 | ISO 22343-1:2023 published | Recorded | ISO page 50080 |
| 2026-09-29 | DIS approved for registration as FDIS | Recorded | ISO page 91746 |
| 2026-10-08 | Stage 50.00, final text received or FDIS registered | Recorded | ISO page 91746 |
| 2027-02-15 | Planning date for publication of the amendment | Estimate, not an ISO commitment | This record, from stage 50.00 |
The proof date and the publication date are not recorded on the ISO page. A blank is not a prediction.
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The full register, the evidence list and a dated plan, in PDF, CSV and XLSX. Written for the barriers you own, with owner, status and due date fields on every line, and a dated twelve-week plan.
- 16 clause records and 9 annex records
- 111 evidence lines, each tied to a clause
- 100 common failure lines with the fix
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An email when the amendment, its guidance or its dates change. The watch reads the same record the pages are built from.
- Stage and date changes on the ISO amendment record
- The day the amendment text or a change summary lands
- A diff of what changed, in plain words
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The standard is voluntary unless a contract, a regulator or a scheme adopts it. The rules page names the frameworks that matter to this buyer in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and Australia, chosen by a scan of the frameworks held for each market, in that order. Read the four market page.
Does Amendment 1 apply to my barrier?
The amendment will amend ISO 22343-1:2023, the published base standard. It does not automatically re-test or re-rate an existing barrier, and the public record does not say which test reports it affects. That depends on the text when it publishes and on the test house's view. The free check asks what you rely on today and returns the clause path and the date to plan for. Run the free check.
Is Amendment 1 published yet?
No. ISO records ISO 22343-1:2023/PRF Amd 1 at stage 50.00, final text received or FDIS registered for formal approval, on 8 October 2026. The four-page text is not public. The planning date of 15 February 2027 is an estimate, not an ISO commitment.
What can I specify today?
ISO 22343-1:2023, published in September 2023, is the edition that applies. It replaced IWA 14-1:2013. A specification should name that edition and should state that Amendment 1 is at FDIS and not yet published. Do not cite the amendment as if it applied.
How do I read a rating such as V / 7200 [N3C] / 48 / 90 : 2.6 / 5.0?
The parts are the test type, the test mass, the vehicle class, the impact speed in km/h, the impact angle in degrees, the vehicle penetration distance in metres and the major debris distance in metres. The barrier type usually sits before the string. Clause 7.2 decodes it line by line, and the home page has the full decoder.
What does the USD 799 kit contain?
The full 16 clause register, 9 annex records, 111 evidence lines and a dated plan in PDF, CSV and XLSX, with owner, status and due date fields on every line, and a dated twelve-week plan. The labelled specimen shows the shape before you buy. The change watch is USD 49 a month.
Is this legal advice or a certification?
No. It is a reference and a working register. ISO 22343-1 is a test method and a performance rating, not a certification scheme. It does not cover blast, ballistic impact, manual attack or control-system attack, and it does not replace a site-specific risk assessment.
THE RECORD THIS IS BUILT FROM
Read from the public record, not invented
Every clause answer on this site points to the official record or the public preview behind it, so you can check any line yourself. The register holds 25 records, 111 evidence lines and 100 common failure lines. The dates come from the ISO stage record. The amendment text is not public, and this site does not describe what it changes.
16 CLAUSES
One page per clause
The requirement in our words, the evidence an assessor asks for, the common gaps and what to do before publication.
Open the register9 ANNEX RECORDS
Normative and informative, labelled
Annex A is normative and carries the measurement controls. Annexes B to D are informative and say so.
Open the annexesONE STAGE RECORD
No invented date
Stage 50.00 is recorded on 8 October 2026. The planning date is an estimate and is labelled wherever it appears.
Read the recordThe base standard is published. The amendment text is not public at FDIS. Each record cites the public source it comes from. Where the public record is silent, the page says so.