NEW TYPE OF LAMP-POST

KOLLISIONSVAENLIG BELYSNINGSMAST

THE COMPANY AB SALA BYGGNADSSMIDE, SWEDEN, HAS CONSTRUCTED A TRAFFIC-LAMP POST DESIGNED TO CAUSE MINIMUM VEHICLE DAMAGE AND PERSONAL INJURIES IN CASE OF A COLLISION. THE LAMP POST IS BRIEFLY DESCRIBED IN THIS ARTICLE AND ITS ADVANTAGES AND BEHAVIOUR IN A COLLISION ARE REVIEWED. THE VEHICLE IS RETARDED SMOOTHLY WHEN HITTING THE LAMP POST AND THE POST IS DEFORMED OR FALLS IN A FORWARD DIRECTION.

• Corporate Authors:

  Svenska Vag-Och Vattenbyggaren Riksforband

  Regeringsgaten 98
  S-11139 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 794
• Serial:
  • Vaeg-och Vattenbyggaren
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Breakaway supports; Crash injury research; Crashes; Deceleration; Lamps; Lighting columns; Luminaires; Posts; Research
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1631: Collision; 5416: Deceleration; 5589: Frangible joint; 527: Lighting column
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083748
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1975 12:00AM