GB 46517-2025 Child riding and activities—General safety requirements English, Anglais, Englisch, Inglés, えいご
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ICS 97.190
CCS Y 57
National Standards of the People's Republic of China
GB 46517-2025
Child riding and activities - General safety requirements
Issue date: 2025-10-05 Implementation date: 2026-11-01
Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation
the Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China
Contents
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and Definitions
4 Safety requirements
5 Detection method
6 Implementation of standards
Annex A (Normative) Product Safety Compliance Verification Standards
Annex B (Informative) Examples of typical children's cycling and activity supplies (special structures)
Bibliography
Child riding and activities - General safety requirements
1 Scope
This document specifies the general safety requirements for children's riding and activity articles, and describes the corresponding test methods.
This document is applicable to products designed or scheduled for children under 14 years old to ride and move, and can carry children's weight. Including, but not limited to, the products of Table A.1 in Annex A.
This document does not include:
——Design products for riding on public transport roads;
——Children's toys, that is, any product designed or obviously intended for use by children under the age of 14 in play;
——Products of stunt riding or performance;
——Children's amusement, sports facilities and teaching equipment used in public places.
2 Normative references
The contents of the following documents constitute the essential provisions of this document through normative references in the text. Among them, for the referenced document with a date, only the version corresponding to that date is applicable to this document; The latest version of the undated referenced document (including all amendments) is applicable to this document.
GB 6675.2 Toy safety - Part 2: Mechanical and physical properties
GB 6675.3 Toy safety - Part 3: Flammability
GB 6675.4 Toy safety - Part 4: Migration of specific elements
GB/T 7247.1 Safety of laser products - Part 1: Equipment classification and requirements
GB/T 14746 Children's riding and activity supplies safety children's bicycles
GB/T 14747 Children's Cycling and Activity Supplies Safety Children's Tricycle
GB/T 17627 Technical definition, test and procedure requirements, test equipment for high voltage testing of low voltage electrical equipment
GB 18871 Basic standards for ionizing radiation protection and radiation source safety
GB/T 19865-2024 Safety of electric toys
GB/T 22048 Determination of specific phthalate plasticizers in toys and children's articles
GB/T 29614-2021 Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content in vulcanized rubber
GB/T 30005 Safety requirements for unicycles
GB/T 41524 Determination of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in toy materials by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
GB/T 46507 Children's riding and activity supplies safety children's electric scooter
3 Terms and definitions
The following terms and definitions apply to this document.
3.1
children's ride-on and activity articles
designed or intended to have children's riding and movement functions, have fixed load-bearing surfaces (including standing surfaces and seating surfaces), travel through appropriate driving mechanisms, are manually driven by cyclists (front wheels, rear wheels), or are electric-driven products that can carry children's weight
Note 1: Common such products include but are not limited to: children's bicycles, children's tricycles, children's electric scooters, unicycles (including unicycles, special unicycles), variant children's tricycles, etc.
Note 2: See Appendix B for examples of typical children's cycling and activity supplies (special structures).
3.2
variant child tricycle
it is a similar children's tricycle product with tricycle riding characteristics for children aged 8 and above to drive the front wheels to ride. The seat is low and it is far away from the pedals. Riding requires certain operating skills
Note: See Appendix B for examples of typical children's cycling and activity supplies (special structures).
3.3
unicycle for training
children's vehicle with self-balancing function and auxiliary wheels for unicycle beginners to practice
Note 1: There are usually at least 2 wheels, which can be driven directly through the crank or by the crank chain mechanism.
Note 2: See Appendix B for examples of typical children's cycling and activity supplies (special structures).
3.4
normal use
use according to the instructions for use of the product, or according to traditional practice, or in a manner obvious to it
3.5
crank assembly
assembly consisting of drive-side and non-drive-side cranks, a bottom shaft or crankshaft, and all components of a drive system fixed to the crank
4 Safety requirements
4.1 General requirements
This document is the basic general safety requirement for children's riding and activity products. The specific safety requirements of specific products shall be specified in their product standards, which shall not be lower than the requirements of this document. If there is no product standard for children's riding and activity supplies, it shall meet the requirements of this document.
Children's cycling and activity articles shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 4 both in normal use and before and after testing according to Chapter 5.
If a specific product has other functions, the evaluation of product safety shall be combined with the compliance with the corresponding safety requirements of applicable specific product standards.
4.2 Mechanical and physical properties
4.2.1 Materials
All materials shall be visually clean and pollution-free. Materials shall be inspected visually rather than by magnification.
4.2.2 Fastening reliability and strength of safety fasteners
All bolts, screws, nuts, etc. used to fasten the parts related to the safe use of products shall not be broken, loose, cracked visibly to the naked eye or lose their due efficacy before and after testing.
4.2.3 Protective end caps
Protective end caps used in children's riding and activity products shall be capable of protecting children from injuries such as cuts, punctures, abrasions, skin penetration, or internal harm. Protective end caps or protective devices used to cover exposed protrusions shall withstand a pull force of 70 N without detaching. Brake cable end caps shall comply with the requirements of the relevant product standards.
