A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE OF FULL SCALE TESTS ON SAFETY BARRIERS AND ENERGY ATTENUATORS
About 400 full scale tests on safety barriers and kerbs conducted in the United States, England and Europe have been analysed, and an outline of the results of these tests are presented in this paper. The performance of the barrier systems was examined and the better systems noted. No formed recommendations are made as to which barrier system should be used at a particular location, as it is considered that field experience, accident records, as well as full scale tests, are needed to fully appraise a system.(a) /TRRL/
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Authors:
- Troutbeck, R J
- Publication Date: 1976-3
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 30-42
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Serial:
- Australian Road Research
- Volume: 6
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: ARRB
- ISSN: 0005-0164
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Barriers (Roads); Crash cushions; Curbs; Durability; Fences; Field tests; Guardrails; Safety; Tests
- Uncontrolled Terms: Barriers
- Geographic Terms: Europe; United Kingdom; United States
- Old TRIS Terms: Safety fence (Excludes guard rail)
- ITRD Terms: 5910: Durability; 8034: Europe; 2917: Kerb; 1665: Safety; 1686: Safety fence; 6255: Test; 8119: United Kingdom; 8122: USA
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00142750
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
- Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
- Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 19 1977 12:00AM