Special Crash Investigations; On-Site Guardrail End Treatment Impact Investigation; Vehicle: 1990 Ford Tempo; Location: Missouri; Crash Date: January 2017

The interest in this on-site investigation was the performance of an X-Lite guardrail end treatment during impact with a 1990 Ford Tempo. The crash occurred when the 53-year-old male driver of the Ford allowed the vehicle to drift right from its eastbound travel lane on a rural, two-lane roadway. As he approached an overpass over a waterway, the Ford departed the right roadway edge and struck the X-Lite end treatment. As it deformed the guardrail system, the Ford rotated counterclockwise into a rollover sequence before coming to rest at the bottom of an embankment on its left plane. The 53-year-old male sustained police-reported non-incapacitating (B-level) injuries in the crash. Although he refused medical transport, he was taken later by private vehicle to a local hospital for treatment. The driver was treated and released from the hospital within hours of the crash.

• Record URL:
  • https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812549
• Corporate Authors:

  Crash Research & Analysis, Incorporated

  P.O. Box 302
  Elma, NY  United States  14059

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2018-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 28p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Guardrails; Rollover crashes
• Identifier Terms: Ford Tempo
• Geographic Terms: Missouri
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01669778
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT HS 812 549
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-12-C-00269
• Files: HSL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 22 2018 5:20PM