TESTING OF SMALL AND LARGE SIGN SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOIL TEST NUMBER: 92F019

This test report contains the results of a crash test performed at the Federal Outdoor Impact Laboratory (FOIL) in McLean, Virginia. The test was performed on a small sign support system at 20 mi/h (8.9 m/s), test 92F019. The vehicle used for this test was a 1985 Honda Civic. The purpose of this test was to evaluate the low-speed safety performance of a triple-legged steel 2 lb/ft (2.98 kg/m) u-channel sign support. The performance evaluation was based on the latest requirements for breakaway supports as specified in Volume 54, Number 3 of the Federal Register dated January 5, 1989. These criteria specify, in part, that the occupant change in velocity must be 16 ft/s (4.9 m/s) or less, that the significant test article stub height remaining after impact be no more than 4 in. (102 mm), and that there can be no occupant compartment intrusion. The test results indicate that the 2 lb/ft (2.98 kg/m) u-channel sign support system does not meet all of the applicable criteria for roadside safety appurtenances in weak soil specified by the FHWA.

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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/999
• Corporate Authors:

  Advanced Technology and Research, Incorporated

  15210 Dino Drive
  Burtonsville, MD  United States  20866-1172

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • BROWN, C M
• Publication Date: 1994-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakaway supports; Crash tests; Crashes; Motor vehicles; Performance evaluations; Roadside; Safety; Sign supports; Speed; Testing; Traffic speed
• Old TRIS Terms: Appurtenances
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00667691
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/RD-93/107
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 17 1994 12:00AM