A study was undertaken for the Federal Office of Road Safety to examine the benefits of Australia adopting the proposed European offset frontal regulation in addition to its current full frontal requirement ADR 69. A one-day workshop was held initially comprising a number of international specialists to determine the likely injury reductions of the proposed ECE offset standard. Using these estimates, a Harm Reduction analysis was then undertaken to arrive at the benefits for Australia mandating the proposed ECE offset regulation. The findings revealed considerable additional benefits between A$297million and A$460million each year, depending on the level of airbag usage. Unit Harm benefits ranged between A$296 and A$576 per car for 5% and 7% discount rates and for 15 to 25 year fleet life periods. On this basis, it would seem highly desirable for Australia to mandate for the standard as presently proposed. Any attempt to remove the lower limb injury criteria from this proposal would severely compromise these benefits and make it difficult to support.